Importance of Getting EASA147

There is only five approved maintenance training school for aviation in Malaysia. As we were using the BCAR section L, the approval was initially granted for the system. Now that the country had migrated to EASA system, it is imperative that the five ATO would follow suit and get the EASA approval.

There are different in concept between the EASA system and the BCAR. The EASA tend to push the certification to the organisation. That mean the ATO has to do more under EASA than compared to the operation under section L.

The BCAR Section L originates from the ICAO 1944, the personal licensing system, where the Licensed Engineer had to shoulder heavier responsibility on the aircraft airworthiness. That was ok, as the aircrafts were simpler.

The role of the training organisation can basically be divided into 4:

- impart the knowledge components of the training
- test the knowledge level of the trainees.
- impart the skill elements
- test the skill.

As such, the school has to have the system, the personnel, the contents and test schemes for both the knowledge and the practicals skills.


This was the message to the staff of the training organisation...

The purpose of this email to re-inforce the importance and urgency of obtaining the 147 ATO. Without the DCA approval, we will not be in position to pursue other projects with other organisations.

Although the first initiative is to GET DCA 147, the very nature of 147 requirements require us to do the other initiatives. They have to be done in parallel.
We will need and we expect the support of all staff in our endeavours.,
Copy of the emails (minus some details) will be posted in the blog for easy reference.