Sunday, December 30, 2012

Airworthiness Authority - EASA AMC Part 66 and 145

One of the task an approved 147 school has to do is to keep track with the changing regulations. Luckily, the focus is on Part 66 and 147. I enclose the my summary to the Annex to Decision 2012/004/R, focusing on Annex 4- "Acceptable Means of Compliance/Guidance Material to Part-66" and 5- Part 147.
Link to EASA - HERE   

The other important decision is the Regulation EU1149/2011 and Decision 2012/004R

A. PART 66 - These are the noted changes...
a. Changes in the time limit for knowledge and experiences requirements -
- previously, the limit to complete and pass the modules was 5 years. Now the limit encompass the knowledge examinations and experience is limited to 10 years. The proof of passing the examinations and the recent experiences are still required.
- The recent experiences is defined as... at least 1 year of recent experience, and recent means.. 50% (6 months) of your experience must be within the last 1 year and the rest must be within 7 years. The other "non-recent" can be within 10 years limit.  

b. Procedures of examinations failures.
If an applicants fails his/her examination, the waiting periods are given below.
- after first attempt - 90 days waiting
- after second attempt- 90 days waiting period.
- after third attempt and still fail, 1 year waiting period.

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