The FAA has released for comment Draft Order 8110.103C. This is an update to the Alternative Methods of Compliance (“AMOC”) guidance. AMOC are typically used when an airworthiness directive (“AD”) provides one resolution to a safety problem, but the AMOC applicant has another approach that achieves the same level of safety. One example would be … Continue reading
The Federal Government has released the latest revision of the Unified Agenda, and several of the FAA projects could affect the MARPA Community. Continue reading
The MARPA Air Carrier Committee, led by Michael Rennick, Delta Air Lines Component Engineering Manager, is hard at work supporting PMA users and MARPA members. In June the MARPA Air Carrier Committee submitted to the FAA a letter seeking clarification on the issue of PMA parts that are alternates to post modification Airworthiness Directive (AD) related parts. Continue reading
The FAA has issued a policy document for public comment on Chemical Oxygen Generators. The draft guidance provides a mechanism that would permit air carriers to meet the regulations’ oxygen mask requirements as well as the Airworthiness Directive through an Alternative Method of Compliance (AMOC) associated with the Lavatory Oxygen Generator rule. Continue reading
The FAA is publishing new guidance to explain to FAA Flight Standards Service employees how to process AMOC applications. The proposed change to this Order is open for comment. The change would create a new Chapter 59 in Volume 3 of 8900.1. Continue reading
The FAA is set to issue new policy concerning the installation of PMA parts as replacements for parts controlled by Critical Design Control Configuration Limitations (CDCCLs). The industry has been waiting for guidance for quite awhile. The draft policy has been posted on the FAA’s website for review and comment by the industry, and it is important that all PMA holders review this guidance to ensure that it will meet the industry’s safety and procedural needs. Continue reading
The FAA has published a draft document for public comment, entitled “Draft Order 8110.103A, Alternative Methods of Compliance.” Continue reading
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