PlayTheOdds
Veteran
During the annual of a Baron a crack was found in the weld of the heat exchanger. I delivered the part to a local welding shop where it was promptly repaired. After retesting the part it was installed on the aircraft. There is nothing out of the ordinary about that but there is one thing that bothers me. Did the welder that repaired the part just join the ranks of the AMT profession? From my understanding he has repaired several exhaust systems and done some welding for us on some tube airframes as well. We are talking about a person that had some difficulty understanding that the heat exchanger provided the heat for the cabin. The part was not assembled with the shroud but it still should not have been that difficult to understand. Regardless under the current definition of an AMT this guy qualifies to be titled as such does he not? I just find it bothersome that this term has such grand popularity with some A&P's but means absolutely nothing. If this is indeed the case what is the future for the A&P? It appears to me that the A&P is going to be superceded by an uncertified term, what a disaster.