Hire A&P Apprentices in Austell, Georgia

Austell sits in Cobb County on Atlanta's west side, in the middle of one of the biggest aircraft-maintenance markets in the country — Dobbins Air Reserve Base and Lockheed Martin's C-130J plant in Marietta are minutes north, Fulton County Airport's corporate traffic is just east, and Hartsfield-Jackson, the world's busiest airport and home of Delta TechOps, is twenty minutes down the highway. The Grease Pilot directory lists more than 70 FAA-certificated repair stations and shops within 50 miles. Demand for certificated mechanics is strong — training an apprentice under 14 CFR 65.77 lets your shop grow its own A&Ps instead of competing for them.

You set the wage — there's no mandated apprentice rate. For context, entry-level aircraft mechanics in Georgia start near $47,240/year and certificated mechanics in the Atlanta metro earn a median of $98,300 (BLS, May 2025). An apprentice starts below the entry-level figure and grows into it as their signed-off hours build — a fraction of what experienced A&Ps command in a metro where the median tops $98,000.

You do — but there's less than people expect. You document the supervised training as it happens (Grease Pilot's records system does the tracking and signatures); nothing is filed with the FAA until your apprentice is ready to test. At that point FAA Form 8610-2 goes to the Atlanta FSDO — the office in Hapeville, right beside Hartsfield-Jackson, serving all of Georgia; its address and phone are in the section above — which verifies the supervised experience and authorizes the mechanic exams.

Yes — repair stations are exactly where this works. Your apprentice performs work under the supervision of your certificated mechanics (14 CFR 43.3(d) covers supervised work), and every logged hour counts toward the experience requirement — 18 months for airframe or powerplant, 30 months for both, under 14 CFR 65.77. With more than 70 certificated shops within 50 miles and Delta TechOps down the highway, metro Atlanta mechanics have endless options — an apprenticeship makes your shop the one that trained them.

Check the relocation line on their profile — apprentices state whether they're willing to relocate, and many will move for the right training opportunity. To maximize the quality of apprentice recruits, fill out your supervisor listing inside your account — once published, it shows to apprentices across the Grease Pilot network.