"Maintenance"
Are hangar doors always required?
The article explains why the EASA requires hangar doors for MROs involved in Heavy Maintenance and what are the conditions that may exempt some MRO from meeting such a requirement.
What are the requirements to be a Maintenance Manager under the EASA?
The exact requirements to be accepted as Maintenance Manager in an EASA approved maintenance organisation are here explained in a detail that is not given in the main rule 145.A.30.
Why does EASA want the aircraft type training is done at an EASA Part 147 AMTO?
What are the reasons why the EASA requires the aircraft type training to be that one referred in the EASA Part 66? Why non-EU MRO are obliged to only authorise Support Staff and Certifying Staff holding an EASA Part 147 Certificate? Here there is my point of view.
How will Brexit affect aviation?
There are many rumours about the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. Will Brexit be an hard or a soft one? what will be the impact on the aviation business?
From the European Commission, the Directorate General for Mobility and Transport, the factual news make us thinking about an hard Brexit where what was before, will then be all gone.
Can an A1 (Aircraft) Maintenance Organization issue an EASA Form 1 for an Engine?
EASA Form 1s are used to release engines and components by organizations approved with the relevant engine and components ratings (e.g. B1 or C7). However a peculiar case allows A1 (Aircraft) rated organization to issue the EASA Form 1 for components removed as serviceable from EU Member State registered aircraft.
Should a Part 145 always use up to dated manuals and maintenance data?
There are cases where a Maintenance Organisation is allowed to use old revision of maintenance data during the maintenance works. However in such a case, some conditions must be fulfilled. This article explains when the use of up to dated maintenance data is mandatory and when it is instead possible to use older revision of the manuals.
Why is an HF coupler pressurised with Nitrogen?
The HF antenna for long range communications makes the HF system capable of communicating over distances of 3000 km or more. Here explained why the HF coupler is filled with low pressure nitrogen gas.
The Maintenance Planning Document (MPD)
This article explains what a Maintenance Planning Document is, where it is coming from, what it is used for and what its relationship with the Aircraft Maintenance Program is.