Mumbai June 14 (IANS) Aerospace major Boeing and Air India Engineering Services Ltd (AIESL) on Thursday inaugurated the Air India-Boeing Accelerated Apprenticeship Programme to skill Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AMEs) in India.
According to Boeing a lack of practical skills and training have resulted in low employability of AMEs of which only 2 per cent receive type-rated licenses.
"To fill this need gap Boeing and AIESL announced the launch the Accelerated AME Apprenticeship Programme in 2017 " Boeing said in a statement.A
"The programme has so far received a huge response with over 1 300 applications for the entrance examination which was held online across 10 cities in India."

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