“I appreciated getting back to the basics,” said Christopher De-la-Cruz, a 15N, avionics mechanic, in the national guard.

NTSB member John Goglia says that the U.S. emphasizes systems training for aviation maintenance technicians but does not teach many of the basics, like how to properly use the maintenance manual ...

Students attending this course are given the basic skills required to respond to a weapon-of-mass-destruction incident, according to the course description.