Need for professional training in the aircraft maintenance area at level superior in Honduras

Abstract

This research article aimed to analyze the need for Professional Training in the area of Aircraft Maintenance at a Higher Level in Honduras. An academic proposal in the third educational level would achieve a double benefit: the improvement of the technical and professional status of the people working and they will work in the aeronautical maintenance sector and compliance with international standards in the conformation of a training proposal for this same item. The methodology applied included, in addition to a review of the regulations applicable to aeronautical maintenance, an interview with specialists with knowledge of the academic and practical environments of aeronautical maintenance engineering and a focus group with active technicians. Among the main results, the limitations attributable to the national regulatory framework of Honduras and the way in which these limitations can be complemented with the International Civil Aviation Organization - ICAO guidelines at international level are specifically noted; the consent of technicians and academics is also included to incorporate the personal maintenance field with a solid mathematical physical training that should be taught by the University; a third result is a review of the offer of degree careers for aeronautical maintenance of a select group of Latin American universities and, a final result is a proposal of curricular syllabus that takes into account the orientations that are derived from the information collected and takes shape in the light of the researchers’ experience. The investigation concludes in the need to have in Honduras a Degree in aeronautical maintenance

to strengthen in the professionals of this field and the potential new students, the abilities to apply scientific criteria in their work that allow an adequate autonomy of decision and the correct application of the technical guidelines contained in the technical manufacturer manuals and in the civil aeronautical regulations applicable to aeronautical maintenance.