MARPA continued in its global quest to improve PMA understanding with an aircraft parts safety seminar in Kuala Lumpur, today. MARPA joined with CAA Malaysia, FAA and ICAO to host the aircraft parts safety seminar. The seminar examined both unapproved parts and approved parts issues. The program was supported by the US International Trade Administration’s … Continue reading
MARPA is holding an aircraft parts seminar in Tokyo on September 20, 2024. We had annual meetings like this with JAL and ANA (and other Japanese carriers) before COVID, and this year we are resuming our tradition of providing high-quality educational content for the Japanese air carrier community. For our US-based members, this is an … Continue reading
Section 314 of the FAA Reauthorization Act requires the FAA to examine its production oversight, including the risk-based decision making approach to allocation of manpower to facility oversight. This affects the oversight decisions made by FAA Certificate Management Sections (previously known as MIDOs). This is a potential opportunity to influence the system for FAA audits … Continue reading
As air carriers seek to reduce costs, they will find that PMA parts can offer reliability and safety benefits to accompany the savings associated with a competitive marketplace. Continue reading
The FAA EASA Conference started on June 12, 2012 with a discussion of the importance of cooperation between the aviation regulatory authorities Continue reading
Just as Comair’s mechanics have chosen to withdraw from the FAA’s ASAP, Congress has passed a law that will require FAA to make a rule requiring air-carrier participation in programs like ASAP. This may pose some implementation challenges as well as some labor-management issues. The upcoming SMS rule may provide an opportunity to improve this system. Click through for the full article. Continue reading
The initial meeting of the Future of Aviation Advisory Committee took place on May 25, 2010 at the Department of Transportation building in Washington, DC. This is a Committee that is charged with examining some of the issues facing aviation and developing recommendations for responses to those issues. Continue reading
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