Initial Revision Flashcards
What is the MOE?
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)’’
What does CAT stand for?
Commerical Air Transport
Ryanair and Aer lingus are in business of CAT
All airlines have to have an AOC
AOC stands for?
Airline Operator Certificate
What does CAMO stand for?
Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation
If a station or airline wants to get approval to carry out maintenance , they need to be part _____ approved
part 145
What is meant by EASA Part-M?
Rules for the continuing airworthiness of the aircraft and its parts.
Part M thinkg Part caMo
Are maintenance and continuing airworthiness (part m) the same thing?
No maintenance is separate to continuing airworthiness
What are the responsibilities of a CAMO? (13)
- 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
CAMO is binded by which two parts?
part M and part CAMO
CAMO( Continuing Airworthiness Management Organisation )
What is the job of a maintenance organisation (eg Aer Lingus line maintenance?)
Maintenance organisation is responsible for performing maint. IAW part 145 approval, MOE & AMM
Who’s at fault is an engineer performs a workpack but a taskcard is omitted and not performed?
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
What is the flowchart if an engineer finds damage outside AMM/SRM limits?
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
What is the responsibility of the MCC/ LMC / MAINTENANCE CONTROL CENTRE?
responsible for knowing status of all aircract at all times - part of CAMO
(Duty Maintenance Manager in Aer Lingus)
Can an airline contract out CAMO department?
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
How many Annexes does ICAO have? What is an ISARP and how does all this relate to EASA
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
What is the latest EASA EU regulation and what does it concern?
Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 is the latest iteration
Implemented due to UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) and Cybersecurity
What are the two sets of airworthiness and what is the main regulation for continuing airworthiness
Maintenance sits under two types of airworthiness:
- Initial Airworthiness
- Continuing Airworthiness
Regulation (EU) No. 1321/2014 is the main Reg. for Continuing Airworthiness
What was before EASA and what was its downfall?
JAA (Joint Aviation Authority) was before regulations
JAA produced JARs (Joint Aviation Requirements)
The Requirements part was the reason for the downfall
What is the difference between Soft Law and Hard Law?
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
A Part-21 organisation (design/Manufacturing Organisation) has to act IAW what EU regulation?
Part-21 Regulation (EU) No. 748/2012
What do each of the following parts concern?
Part-145
Part-21
Part-147
Part-66
Part-M
Part-T?
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
What does CMPA stand for?
Complex Motor Powered Aircraft
What is meant by Part-ML?
Part-ML is for light aircraft (General Aviation) non complex, non commercial (CAMO for light aircraft)
What is meant by Part-CAMO
Part-CAMO is required for complex, commercial aircraft i.e Aer Lingus/Ryanair
What is meant by Part-CAO
Part-CAO is the combined CAMO & MAINT for light GA non commercial non complex aircraft
(below 5700 KG aircraft)