UK EXIT EASA

 As the political maters decided on the fate of UK in the European Union, the effects with touch the civil aviation.

In the official EASA home page, it is announced that UK exit EASA.

How will the UK Aviation will be? And will it effect Malaysia, as Malaysian has been traditionally linked to UK.

EASA SCHOOL

We are a recognised EASA training school. Approved by the EASA in Europe. You can always check the list of approved school at EASA web site. Most of the school and Malaysia do conduct courses based on EASA, but they are not recognised. Thus the examinations are normally conducted by another party such as the British Council.

EASA Part 66 at Air New Zealand

A local newspaper published an advertisement for part 66 courses by Air New Zealand Aviation Institute.

Star 4 Apr 2015 

For the advantage of those who are new to the aircraft maintenance, I enclose some of the definition of the common terms used in the advertisement.

1. EASA - stands for European Aviation Safety Agency, a body the control the civil aviation in the European Union.

2. Part 147 - the section with EASA rules and regulations (Law) that control the establishment of training organisation, or training schools that conduct courses leading to the aircraft maintenance license.

3. B1.1 and B2 - The are two out of the many licenses awarded to the qualified individuals.
               B1.1 means,  B1 = mechanical license and .1 is for fixed wing aircraft fitted with jet engine.

               B2  is for avionics License - It covers all type of aircraft including helicopter, piston engine and big jet like B747.


CHECKING WITH EASA

Yes - It is aproved

It may be suprise to some, We have two approved School in Malaysia, The MIAT and MAS.

Aviation School in Kuala Lumpur

I stumbled upon a school in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia offering courses Part 66 modules.

It is offering review classes and examination. Checking the internet for "approved EASA examination center in Malaysia, 5 sites appeared...
- British  Council on behalf of CAAi and the UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA).

- Nilai University College has officially received approval to be an examination second site ... No 1, Persiaran Universiti, Putra Nilai, 71800 Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

- MIAT - Universiti Kuala Lumpur.

I cannot see "dviation dot com" as an approved center. That mean either they are approved but not listed or they conduct examination through a third party such as the British Council.

2. Approved EASA Training Center in Malaysia.
My next step is to check the list of approved EASA Training School.

The Google search shows the following:

Then again, the name Dviation was not included.


3. EASA List of Approved Foreign 147. This is the official list given by EASA himself.

 The only 147 approved training is by MIAT Universiti Kuala Lumpur.
note: all google search and webs were taken on 21 Jan 2015.

Aircraft Engineer Assessment

To become a aircraft engineer will almost guarantee you to earn a decent income. Many people may not exposed to this and may miss the opportunities. A person may join a training school and get the basic license within 4 years. The training will involve classroom (2400 hours), On job training (2 years), continuous examinations and assessments. This posting is about the assessments.

The applicants for the EASA examinations, either the A or B categories need to be assessed based on the followings:
- the learning objectives and the passing level. A typical learning objectives can be as... at the end of the program/class/ workshop etc, the participant would be able to .....action word ( list, demonstrate, explain etc) under ........ (specific condition) with .... specific performance (example 75% passing mark, do the task within 5 minutes etc).

At the conclusion, the trainee should know what he did well, what he did poorly and how he can improve.

A good assessment will have the following characteristics...
- clear objective.
- flexible approach
- acceptable
- comprehensive, covering the required areas.
- organised and thoughtful.

The following are examples of the areas of assessment for aircraft engineer.

- What are the success factors for the job?. The questions may be direct. Let say, for a task to change the wheel, the success factors can be... the tools, knowledge on how to access the wear limit and tyre conditions, the safety precautions and others. Then the assessor has to ask and check if the trainees know these factors.

- Reference and standard.
In the case of the tyre, where are the limit references. How many retreads are allowed?. If the reference is made to the maintenance manual, the trainees should know the elements of the manual, the effective pages etc.

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.