the difference between aircraft maintenance engineer and aeronautical engineer is, aeronautical engineer dose the design work theoritically,while the aircraft engineer maintain and service the airplane
maintenance engineers plan the routine maintenance of equipment & machinery,maintenance engineer work in manufacturing ,production or transport and may use computerized system to scheduled the work
In aviation, a flight engineer is a member of the aircrew of an aircraft who is responsible for checking the aircraft before and after each flight, and for monitoring and operating aircraft systems during flight. The flight engineer usually has a background in aircraft maintenance and may reasonably be described as the "technical expert" member of the operating crew.
An aicraft engineer cannot fly a plane. He doent study how to pilot the plane. He only studied how the mechanism of planes work.
Responsible for the work on the Avionics of an Aircraft composed of the following: communications, navigation and guidance, display systems, flight management systems, sensors and indicators, weather radars, electrical systems and various other computers onboard modern aircraft and spacecraft. It also includes the hundreds of systems that are fitted to aircraft to meet individual roles; these can be as simple as a search light for a police helicopter or as complicated as the tactical system for an airborne early warning platform.
The Airline engineering and maintenance companies check aircraft engines, repair faulty parts, service aircraft, and keep record of repairs.
Most aircraft maintenance people work rotating shifts.
Aircraft line operations refers to all of the various services performed on aircraft. This includes fueling, towing, deicing, loading & unloading and other services aircraft need between flights.
Of course you could use fleet software to keep maintenance records for airplanes. You can get information on aircraft maintenance software at http://www.capterra.com/aviation-maintenance-software
You need to have mechanical skills to be able to apply for a maintenance engineer job. You need to know how to work on machines if they break down and be able to troubleshoot it. The more mechanical skills you have the better you will do at the job.
A professional engineer is different from a regular engineer in that they are accountable for the work that they do where as an engineer works under a professional engineer. One must have graduated from an Engineering program as well have been employed as an engineer for 3-4 years.
On average from first hand experience, you will work in a office for the most part. You will work with CAD programs on a regular basis, and will be in constant discussion with mechanics on the either production or design of aircraft. I'll tell you right now it can be downright boring sometimes.