Hi Folks. Wondering what kind of take you have on these new categories of Certificate of Airworthiness from EASA.
When I had a long chat with my local regional office of the CAA for clarification, there were a lot of long pauses.
Under the old CAA system, you had a number of Categories; Public Transport (Passenger), Public Transport (Cargo), Private, Aerial Work and Special.
If you wanted to learn to fly, although flying training is classed as aerial work, the aircraft had to be in the Public Transport (Passenger) category (there are some exceptions not relevant to this thread). If you just wanted to fly your own aircraft and take friends etc, you could have your aircraft in the Private Category and carry out a considerable amount of your own maintenance within the guidlines of the ANO and certify it with your pilots licence.
With the new EASA system, you have, under the Standard heading, Normal and Utility categories. This means you now could be learning to fly on an aircraft with a brand new C of A in the Normal and Utility category that, until last week had flown for 20 + years in the Private category and had been generally maintained by its owner.
Now, I am not degrading any owners, nor am I suggesting that the standards of safety in private ownership are less rigerous than those where an aircraft has been maintained by an approved organisation.
But it does give food for thought. I was left with the impression from my regional office that this is another headache they wish had never happened and would go away. Looking forward to your thoughts and comments.
By: Camlobe - 21st January 2006 at 20:32
Moggy, you arn’t that confused. But you arn’t completely correct. When the insomnia can’t be beat, troll through CAP 393, the Air Navigation Order. Article 16 para 6 and 7, and Section 3 General Regulation 9 might enlighten you, especially if you own your own Type Certified aircraft.
At present, if the aircraft is operating on an AOC (Air Operators Certificate) i.e. carrying fare paying passangers (pleasure flights for most light single AOC operators) or cargo movements, then it must be maintained by an EASA or JAR 145 approved organisation.
If the aircraft is being used for non-AOC work, the 150 hour and Annual inspections can be certified by an appropriatly licenced engineer. For C of A’s the aircraft has to go to either an M3 or Part 145.
As you quite rightly say, it is different for the Permit world, be it CAA or PFA.
By: Moggy C - 21st January 2006 at 19:59
If you just wanted to fly your own aircraft and take friends etc, you could have your aircraft in the Private Category and carry out a considerable amount of your own maintenance within the guidlines of the ANO and certify it with your pilots licence.
Eh?
I understood that any certificate aircraft had to have all maintenance carried out by an M3 organisation. The exception being the 50 hr check which you could carry out yourselves, but then had to be signed off by an M3.
Permit aircraft on the other hand had a far more relaxed regime.
Am I confused?
Moggy
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January 21, 2006 at 7:52 pm