Fri, Sep 26, 2003
National Air
Transportation Association (NATA) president James K. Coyne thanked
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday for granting
a requested 120-day extension to the implementation date for Part
145 of Title 14, Code of Regulations and Advisory Circular
145-9.
On July 22, 2003, NATA, along with the Aeronautical Repair
Station Association (ARSA) and the Aircraft Electronics Association
(AEA), formally requested a 120-day extension of the October 3,
2003, implementation date of Part 145 of Title 14, Code of
Regulations and Advisory Circular 145-9 (AC).
The AC constitutes the FAA's primary guidance for developing and
evaluating repair station and quality control manuals for Part 145
certificate holders.
The new implementation date is January 31, 2004, for most of the
new rule. This extension will give FAA personnel and industry the
opportunity to review, develop and implement this substantial
document.
"We requested this
delay from the FAA over concerns that the publication of the AC
less than 90 days before the rule's implementation date would not
afford the FAA or the industry adequate time to comply," Coyne
said. "The AC and the revisions to Part 145 represent a complete
overhaul of operational requirements that cannot be implemented in
a mere 90 days.
"We are pleased that the FAA heeded our advice and granted this
extension," Coyne concluded. "In doing so, the agency has provided
small business repair stations a more reasonable time period within
which to comply with this critical guidance."
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