Over 140 for Part 145
The first in a series of informative Part 145 training sessions
was held recently in conjunction with AEA's 46th Annual Convention
and Trade Show in Orlando (FL). A packed room of over 140 people,
more than half being FAA personnel from various Southern region
FSDOs and the Regional office, attended the Part 145 Training
Session offered by the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA), the
National Air Transportation Association (NATA), and other industry
partners.
AEA's
Vice President for Government and Industry Affairs, Ric Peri, along
with the FAA's Diana Frohn of the General Aviation and Repair
Station Branch, presented the first four-hour session on Part 145,
aimed at minimizing any misunderstandings between the FAA and the
affected repair stations during the transition to the new repair
station regulations.
The second four-hour session presented by Peri with Greg Wilson,
FAA DER of Avionics Certification Services and Wayne Fry, aviation
safety inspector with the FAA's General Aviation and Repair Station
Branch, focused on Field Approval design, documentation and
approval for repair stations. This session reviewed the methods for
designing an alteration, the expectations of the FAA for
documenting the alteration, and how to apply for and receive FAA
approval.
"To have the FAA regulators sitting side-by-side
with the regulated public learning about the new repair station
regulations and field approvals from the experts that wrote the
policies is a fantastic learning opportunity," said Peri. "We
appreciate the effort of the FAA leadership in facilitating these
programs and the Field Inspectors and the industry for making the
effort to attend. Every repair station and every FSDO should have
at least one person attend these quality sessions."
Designed to minimize misinterpretations of the final Advisory
Circular (AC) on FAR 145 and the recent policies on Field
Approvals, FAA headquarters committed to participate in a series of
regional meetings between FAA headquarters, FAA regional offices,
Flight Standards District Offices (FSDOs) and operators of Part 145
certificated repair stations.
These two four-hour sessions will be repeated at nine more
locations. The Field Approval and Part 145 Training Sessions are
scheduled at the following locations (note: the European meeting
will only cover Part 145):
Date |
Region |
Location |
May 16 |
Western Pacific |
NATA Convention, Las Vegas, NV |
June 5 |
Europe |
AEA Regional Meeting, Amsterdam |
June 10 |
Central |
Kansas City, MO |
June 17-18 |
Alaska
Region |
Anchorage, AK |
June 24 |
New
England |
Manchester, NH |
July 8 |
Eastern |
Teterboro, NJ |
July
22 |
Southwest |
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX |
August 5 |
Great
Lakes |
Chicago, IL |
August 19 |
Northwest Mountain |
Seattle, WA |
September 2 |
Northwest Mountain (2) |
Salt Lake City, UT |
There is no charge to attend this seminar.