The Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) between the United States and the European Union specifies that the documentation that accompanies a PMA part bound for the European Union must include specific language in order to be acceptable to the European Union’s airworthiness authority, EASA. This is the “Critical Parts” or “Criticality” language. Continue reading
Many people are talking about restrictive ICA/CMM licensing agreements. These agreements condition access to the ICA or CMM on a licensing agreement that restricts the repair station or air carrier from using PMA parts. In some cases the restriction may be explicit, but in other cases it may be more subtle (like an agreement that forbids use of the OEM ICA for inspecting the PMA part, despite the fact that the FAA has already approved the PMA part with ICA provisions that require continued reliance on the OEM manual). Continue reading
One of our members referred me to a very disturbing component maintenance manual program that appears to make it impossible for a company to comply with the FAA’s regulatory requirements under 145.109 without agreeing to violate U.S. antitrust laws. Continue reading
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