We're the bridge between the flight line you left and the one that's hiring.
Every year, thousands of military aviation maintenance technicians walk off the flight line for the last time. They've worked on fighters, rotary wing, cargo, trainers. They've done inspections in conditions most civilian mechanics will never see. They've signed off on aircraft that fly combat missions.
And then most of them leave aviation entirely.
Not because they don't want to stay in it. Because the path from military experience to FAA certification is confusing, slow, and full of dead ends. Traditional A&P schools take 18 to 24 months and assume you've never touched an aircraft. For a maintainer with ten years on the flight line, that's insulting and expensive.
Civilian aviation isn't short on skill. It's short on certificates. We fix that.
North America is short roughly 24,000 A&P mechanics right now. 83% of the current certified workforce is projected to retire within the next decade. Boeing's own forecast says we'll need 710,000 new maintenance technicians globally by 2044.
Meanwhile, the Department of Defense separates thousands of trained aviation maintainers every year. The experience is there. The workforce is there. The paperwork is the bottleneck.
One industry is begging for mechanics. Another is producing the exact people those jobs need. Nobody was connecting the two. So we did.
Code 1 Maintenance is a focused, two-week FAA A&P exam prep program for people who already have the experience. We're not a school. We don't teach you how to fix airplanes — you already know. We prep you for the written tests, the oral exams, and the practicals so you can walk out with a valid FAA Airframe & Powerplant certificate.
Then we go further. Because a certificate without a job is half a solution. We work directly with aviation employers — MROs, regional airlines, cargo carriers, OEM service centers, and staffing partners — who want to hire veterans with your background. When you finish our program, you're not job hunting alone.
We're not trying to be everything. We do one thing: turn military aviation maintainers into certified, employed civilian A&P mechanics. Fast.
We won't waste your time with an 18-month program designed for someone else. We won't bury you in filler courses. We won't pretend your military experience doesn't count — it counts more than most civilian school hours.
And we won't take your money and disappear. The program includes prep, testing guidance, and placement support. That's the deal.
If you worked aviation maintenance in any branch — Army 15 series, Air Force 2A, Navy AM/AD/AT, Marine aviation MOSs, Coast Guard AMT — you're who we built this for. If you're still in and thinking about your next move, you're who we built this for. If you separated years ago, went civilian somewhere else, and want back in aviation, you're who we built this for.
If you're a company that wants to hire these people — or certify the ones you already have — you're who we built this for too. Send them to us. We'll send them back ready to work.
Whether you're a maintainer, a veteran, or a company that hires them — there's a place for you here.
440+ military maintainers, veterans, and aviation pros. Free to join. Real conversations, real hiring leads, real prep support.