Initial Revision

Question 1

What is the MOE?

Answer 1

Maintenance Organisation Exposition

'’To obtain approval to be an aeronautical repair station, an organisation must write, submit and keep updated a Maintenance Organisation Exposition (MOE)’’

Question 2

What does CAT stand for?

Answer 2

Commerical Air Transport

Ryanair and Aer lingus are in business of CAT

Question 3

All airlines have to have an AOC

AOC stands for?

Answer 3

Airline Operator Certificate

Question 4

What does CAMO stand for?

Answer 4

Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation

Question 5

If a station or airline wants to get approval to carry out maintenance , they need to be part _____ approved

Answer 5

part 145

Question 6

What is meant by EASA Part-M?

Answer 6

Rules for the continuing airworthiness of the aircraft and its parts.

Part M thinkg Part caMo

Question 7

Are maintenance and continuing airworthiness (part m) the same thing?

Answer 7

No maintenance is separate to continuing airworthiness

Question 8

What are the responsibilities of a CAMO? (13)

Answer 8

• Getting the AMP (Aircraft Maintenance Program) approved or making any changes to it
• Planning and Scheduling
• Mods
• MCC / LMC / ACC (Maintenance Control Centre)
• Contacting manufacturer for repairs
• Setting workpackages/taskcards
• ECTM (Engine Condition Trend Monitoring) - Camo responsible for this but may subcontract out to OEM
• Reliability (A/C systems monitoring) - first month shadowing that lads job
• Tracking LLP’s (Life Limited Parts)
• SBs (review and determine if necessary)
• ADs (airworthiness Directives)
• Weight and balance changes / tracking
• Aircraft records management

Question 9

CAMO is binded by which two parts?

Answer 9

part M and part CAMO

CAMO( Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation )

Question 10

What is the job of a maintenance organisation (eg Aer Lingus line maintenance?)

Answer 10

Maintenance organisation is responsible for performing maint. IAW part 145 approval, MOE & AMM

Question 11

Who’s at fault is an engineer performs a workpack but a taskcard is omitted and not performed?

Answer 11

CAMO at fault

CAMO is responsible for calling up cards/taskcards / setting and scheduling workpackages

If engineer does workpack but task (hour/cycles) is omitted, the CAMO is at fault

Question 12

What is the flowchart if an engineer finds damage outside AMM/SRM limits?

Answer 12

If engineer finds damage outside AMM, he/she will contact CAMO who contacts manufacturer or design organisation and gets approved repair to then give maint. organisation workpackage

Question 13

What is the responsibility of the MCC/ LMC / MAINTENANCE CONTROL CENTRE?

Answer 13

responsible for knowing status of all aircract at all times - part of CAMO

(Duty Maintenance Manager in Aer Lingus)

Question 14

Can an airline contract out CAMO department?

Answer 14

No

Am airline cannot contract out CAMO, you as an airline (with an AOC) must have a CAMO department

Note: CAMO is completely different to maint. organisation

Question 15

How many Annexes does ICAO have? What is an ISARP and how does all this relate to EASA

Answer 15

ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) has 19 Annexes which are

International standards & Recommended Practices (ISARPS)

—These are not required, however EASA approves and implements parts from these Annexes

Question 16

What is the latest EASA EU regulation and what does it concern?

Answer 16

Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 is the latest iteration

Implemented due to UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) and Cybersecurity

Question 17

What are the two sets of airworthiness and what is the main regulation for continuing airworthiness

Answer 17

Maintenance sits under two types of airworthiness:

1. Initial Airworthiness
2. Continuing Airworthiness

Regulation (EU) No. 1321/2014 is the main Reg. for Continuing Airworthiness

Question 18

What was before EASA and what was its downfall?

Answer 18

JAA (Joint Aviation Authority) was before regulations

JAA produced JARs (Joint Aviation Requirements)

The Requirements part was the reason for the downfall

Question 19

What is the difference between Soft Law and Hard Law?

Answer 19

Hard law (standards) is binding for all member states and established by the EU Commission, EU Parliament or the EU Council

Soft Law (recommendations) includes AMC (Acceptable Means of Compliance), GM (Guidance Material) and Certification Specifications (CS) are not binding

While hard law specifices WHAT, soft law defines HOW regulatory requirements should be fulfilled in form of related Acceptable Means of Compliance

Question 20

A Part-21 organisation (design/Manufacturing Organisation) has to act IAW what EU regulation?

Answer 20

Part-21 Regulation (EU) No. 748/2012

Question 21

What do each of the following parts concern?

Part-145

Part-21

Part-147

Part-66

Part-M

Part-T?

Answer 21

Part-145 = Approval of Maintenance Organisations Commercial and Large Aircraft(Airlines/MROS)

Part-21 = Design/Manufacturing (Airbus/Boeing)

Part-147 = Approval of Training Organisations (Shannon/TUD)

Part-66 = Licensing of Aircraft Maintenance Engineers and Certifying Staff

Part-M = Management of Continuing Airworthiness

Part-T = Continuing airworthiness of third country registered aircraft

Question 22

What does CMPA stand for?

Answer 22

Complex Motor Powered Aircraft

Question 23

What is meant by Part-ML?

Answer 23

Part-ML is for light aircraft (General Aviation) non complex, non commercial (CAMO for light aircraft)

Question 24

What is meant by Part-CAMO

Answer 24

Part-CAMO is required for complex, commercial aircraft i.e Aer Lingus/Ryanair

Question 25

What is meant by **Part-CAO**

Answer 25

**Part-CAO** is the combined CAMO & MAINT for light GA non commercial non complex aircraft (below 5700 KG aircraft)