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Latest AMROBA Newsletter -

　
1. The positive aspects of implementing quality systems in manufacturing and maintenance organisations.

Now that CASA has accepted the benefits of implementing quality systems in manufacturing, then it should become a formality that quality systems should also be in maintenance. The industry working group is encouraging CASA to rely on quality systems.

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2. Basic General Aviation Ideas Needed.

Why is North America (USA/Canada) general aviation flourishing and of such size? There are basically two principles applied and that is to provide pilots and maintenance personnel with the appropriate practical skills. In the last newsletter we identified that ICAO GA standards places organisation responsibilities on the pilot and LAME. North America adopts that principle.

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3. Design organisations get a shake-up and will play a greater role in certification.

CASA suggests a more cost effective system for design organisations by proposing to set minimum standards & requirements in outcome based regulations and standards. Comparing how the FAA has devolved functions to enhance safety will bring cost savings to the industry.

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4. AME Licencing is still not internationally compatible.

CASA has promulgated its long awaited changes to the Part 66 MoS to implement the GA "Group" licence ratings but still has to come to terms with changing the LAME role in aviation maintenance. The whole training environment needs a new model.

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2. Basic General Aviation Ideas Needed.

Why is North America (USA/Canada) general aviation flourishing and of such size? There are basically two principles applied and that is to provide pilots and maintenance personnel with the appropriate practical skills. In the last newsletter we identified that ICAO GA standards places organisation responsibilities on the pilot and LAME. North America adopts that principle.

General aviation covers private operations to aerialwork, charter and small airline operations and maintenance, manufacturing and training activities. It ranges from small and informally organised individuals and organisations servicing private and other non-passenger commercial businesses through to structurally organised businesses servicing commercial operators.

GA is a very broad area of employment so what works in one sector in many cases does not work in another sector. For example, small aviation businesses in rural locations need to employ from the local community to retain the employee on completion of training – it is an employee retention issue.

Training is the major issue for many local communities as learning to fly or becoming an aircraft tradesperson usually means travelling, at great costs, to a location where specific training is available with additional costs.

Major Issue - Training. There has to be a concerted re-think on the provision of pilot and maintenance training so that training is brought to the local community rather than centralising training at a limited number of locations, mainly near major cities.

In the USA, a person interested in learning to fly can access a website and find the nearest independent flight instructor. Example Website: Independent Flight Instructors or flying school Website: Flying Schools. What the US system does is provide various pathways to obtain a pilot licence.

The same applies in the maintenance fields, e.g. training schools website: Online website. In the US, community schools and FAA Part 147 approved schools share the training almost evenly with very similar A&P practical and knowledge pass marks. There is a small
percentage that self study, gain experience and pass the practical and knowledge tests. It is the flexibility in the FAA regulatory system that was copied by EASA.


EASA provides a similar flexible approach to the FAA but Australia adopted only one of three ways provided by EASA. It has not worked. See item 4 for more detail on AME training flexibility. A system that sees many aircraft not being flown or low utilisation of aircraft has systemic problems with the overall system.

Aviation depends on renewal. New pilots, new aircraft and new support personnel.

Safety improvement relies on the transfer of knowledge and experience from one generation to the next.

Makes sense to me & Sandy will be pleased


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