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Aero Linx: EASA Issues Opinion on ICA and Parts Documentation

EASA has issued Opinion 07/2019 – along with two comment response documents (CRD) – in answer to consultation provided to the agency’s notices of proposed amendment (NPA) pertaining to instructions for continued airworthiness (NPA 2018-01) and “installation of parts and appliances that are released without an EASA Form 1 or equivalent” (NPA 2017-19).

In 2018, ARSA submitted comments in response to each NPA. After praising the agency for its efforts in both cases, the association critiqued each proposal against decades of industry frustration with regulatory treatment of maintenance data, calling out unnecessary complication and suggesting a simpler, internationally harmonized approach for assessing part criticality.

FMI: www.easa.europa.eu/document-library/opinions/opinion-072019