Approved Maintenance Organisations Flashcards
Whilst a Naval SQN is referred to as a maintenance organisation….
a large amount of the activities performed by them in support of Naval Aviation falls within the DASR M remit.
What does the FAA AMO provide to the CAMO?
Aircraft maintenance services for the FAA CAMO as well as maintenance services for the HQ-FORCOMD CAMO for MRH90 aircraft under a Memorandum Of Understanding.
What ways can the MAO achieve maintenance?
if the MAO has an internal 145 AMO, this is easy to achieve and this is the form of relationship between FAA CAMO and 145. They could also task an external 145 if they have an scope of work approval that extends to their aircraft type (think the FAA and MHSCo).
Tasking could take the form of an explicit Scope of Work through a contract or standing tasking in accordance with the aircraft AMP. The latter point essentially describes the form of tasking between the FAA CAMO and AMO.
Who are the form 4 holders for the DASR 145?
Accountable Manager - COMFAA
Responsible Manager - SQN AEOs
Quality Manager - Tech QM
What must a Part 145 Responsible manager ensure?
that, for his or her area of responsibility, the AMO complies with the requirements of the regulations and its MOE.
The AEO is responsible to the AM through the Unit CO for ensuring that all requirements of DASR 145 are met through discharge of the AEO responsibilities detailed in SI(NA) LOG 1-01-01 - Duties and Responsibilities of Senior Engineering Personnel.
How do AEO delegations work?
In order to enhance maintenance efficiency or support dislocated unit elements such as Flights and/or Detachments, AEOs may delegate all or part of their duties. Recipients of delegations may consist of:
a. Squadron Engineering Officers holding an AEO Charge Qualification (CQ) or Certificate of Competence (CC)
b. the Squadron Warrant Officer holding an Aircraft Maintenance Charge Certificate (AMCC)
c. Chief Petty Officers holding an AMCC
Whilst the delegation to perform specific functions to Aviation Engineers and Senior Maintenance personnel on behalf of the AEO is not new to the FAA in any respect, it is important that those delegates are aware of ‘which hat’ they are wearing. An AEO Delegates Letter of Delegation includes a number of delegations which range from the responsibility of the RM, to the CAM, and to the Squadron Commanding Officer. As such, they are best described as AEO Delegates in contrast to a RM Delegate or CAM Delegate.
What is the purpose of the MOE
is to detail the procedures, means and methods of the organisation in order to comply with the requirements of the DASR 145 regulations.
Compliance with its contents will assure compliance with the requirements of DASR 145, which is a prerequisite to obtaining and retaining a maintenance organisation approval certificate.
What is the basic structure of the MOE?
Part 1 - Management Part 2 - Maintenance Procedures Part 3 - Quality and Safety Management Procedures Part 4 - Operations Part 5 - Training and Assessment Part 6 - Appendices
What are the privileges of an AMO?
In accordance with the MOE, the organisation shall be entitled to carry out the following tasks:
- Maintain aircraft and/or components at the locations identified in the approval certificate and in the MOE,
- Arrange for maintenance at another organisation that is working under the quality system of the organisation,
- Perform maintenance at any location identified within the MOE, and
- Issue certificates of release to service on completion of maintenance.
What are the limitations of an AMO?
The organisation shall only maintain an aircraft or component for which it is approved and when all the necessary requirements detailed below are available:
- facilities,
- equipment,
- tooling, material,
- maintenance data, and
- certifying staff
This clause covers the situation where an 145 Maintenance Organisation may temporarily not hold all the necessary tools, or equipment for an aircraft type or variant specified in the AMO’s approval. In this case the 145 Maintenance Organisation should not perform maintenance.
Line maintenance may include…
- Trouble shooting.
- Defect rectification.
- Component replacement with use of external test equipment if required. Component replacement may include components such as engines and propellers.
- Scheduled maintenance and/or checks including visual inspections that will detect obvious unsatisfactory conditions/discrepancies but do not require extensive in depth inspection. It may also include internal structure, systems and power plant items which are visible through quick opening access panels/doors.
- Minor repairs and modifications which do not require extensive disassembly and can be accomplished by simple means.
What is base maintenance
Base Maintenance is everything that isn’t line maintenance. If it is not listed as Line Maintenance within the Maintenance Organisation Exposition, then it is classified as Base Maintenance and must be managed as such.
What do the SI(NA)s describe line maintenance as?
SI(NA) LOG 3-06-7 defines Line Maintenance as consisting of simple defect rectification, scheduled maintenance and/or inspections, troubleshooting, component replacements or minor repairs that do not require extensive disassembly of the aircraft.
Serviceability status following Line Maintenance must be able to be clearly verified through simple testing, which means:
- the outcome is obvious (go-no go or singular value) and does not require interpretation of results
- the procedure is easily achieved without a need for specialised training or a secondary procedure to re-configure the aircraft
What do the SI(NA)s describe base maintenance as?
SI(NA) LOG 3-06-7 details Base Maintenance consists of any maintenance activity outside the criteria describing Line Maintenance or where the aircraft must be relocated from its operating position on the Flight Line into a maintenance facility in order to complete the required maintenance.
At this stage all maintenance is to be administered as Base Maintenance in the FAA. This is changing rapidly though with implementation of MAMLs
WRT Component maintenance what are the requirements?
The ability to fix components requires a different kind of Part 145 approval – an approval within the C category. There are several of those categories, numbered C1, C2, C3 .. and so on. Component Maintenance refers specifically to maintenance of components that have been removed from the aircraft and is termed ‘Off-Aircraft’ maintenance.
Component Maintenance can be carried out by an individual task authorised by the AMO to do so; it does not require a MAML. Typically, components removed from an aircraft for better access or with the direct intention on being reinstalled on that aircraft would not be considered under the umbrella of Component Maintenance.
There are three main component maintenance events which are generally performed by specialised workshops:
- Aircraft Component Overhaul
- Aircraft Component Repair
- Aircraft Component Modification
Upon completion, the component would be returned to service under the authority of an Authorised Release Certificate, which will be explained in further detail in the following module.
