Tue, Nov 08, 2011
New Rules Require Continuing Airworthiness Management
Regional Express Airlines has become the first airline to gain
an approval under Australia's new maintenance regulations. The
Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has issued Regional Express
with a Civil Aviation Safety Regulations Part 42 approval.
Part 42 is a key element of the new maintenance regulations that
sets out the continuing airworthiness requirements for aircraft and
aeronautical products used in regular public transport. It clearly
separates the responsibility for managing continuing airworthiness
from the actual conduct of maintenance.
Under Part 42 regular public transport operators are required to
establish a continuing airworthiness management organisation.
CASA's Director of Aviation Safety, John McCormick, presented
Regional Express with their new Part 42 approval on Monday 7
November 2011. He said the first Part 42 approval was an important
milestone for aviation safety regulation, CASA and Regional
Express. "These new maintenance regulations are clearer and provide
certainty about maintenance responsibilities. They are also aligned
with internationally recognised standards, which will help
Australia's aviation industry complete in the global aviation
market.
McCormick said the airline was required to develop an exposition
to show CASA how it will manage continuing airworthiness in
accordance with Part 42 and this was done successfully. "Now that
Regional Express has taken the lead in transitioning to the new
regulations I look forward to the successful transition of the rest
of Australia's regular public transport operators."
The suite of new maintenance regulations, including Part 42,
came into effect in late June 2011. It is expected about 35
operators will transition to Part 42 by June 2013. Part 42 sets out
in detail how regular public transport operators will manage
continuing airworthiness. This includes requirements for
maintenance approvals, airworthiness reviews, requirements for
recording and certifying aircraft maintenance, issuing aircraft
releases to service and airworthiness tasks to be completed before
flights.
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