Introduction

This 10-day course introduces the Airworthiness principles for all activities associated with Civil Aircraft.

The course will cover the background to the airworthiness regulations, aspects of design and certification and operation. A common thread will run through the whole course taking in Type Certification, Supplemental Type Certification, changes (modifications) and repairs at all levels, approval systems to support Design, Production for the TC holder, Operational Approvals, Continued Airworthiness Management under Part M through maintenance activities of Part 145 and the certification of personnel through Parts 66 and 147.

The course focuses on the product. The airworthiness principles are presented in such a way that they can be used in other regulatory systems than the EU. However, we use the EU regulatory system as a reference. This course is aimed at providing the knowledge to professionals to communicate with different airworthiness competencies within their organisation or outside their organisation.  

The training course provides knowledge, guidance and practical application information on how to effectively understand the regulatory principles and responsibilities for all airworthiness-related approvals and standards.

The course is an interactive course with participants of different backgrounds and experiences. It provides a good understanding of airworthiness, whether it is the EASA system or any other regulatory system or military airworthiness system.

Course Content

International Aviation Law, including Responsibilities of the States

EU Regulatory Framework in the EU

Regulation 748/2012 Initial Airworthiness

(Part-21) Technical Requirements

• Type Certification
• Changes to Type Certificates
• Repairs
• Approval of Parts and Appliances
• ETSO
• Permit to Fly
• Instructions for Continued Airworthiness
• Introduction to MSG-3 logic 
• AD’s

Regulation 1321/2014 Continued Airworthiness

• Continuing Airworthiness (Part-M)
• Maintenance Organisations (Part-145)
• Maintenance Personnel Licensing (Part-66)
• Maintenance Personnel Training Organisations (Part-147)
• Part-CAMO
• Annex Va (Part- T)

The training course includes several practical exercises to practice the knowledge gained and application skills. The course focuses on the product (aircraft) and will not extensively discuss the organisational requirements.

Learning Objectives

• Understanding the principles of all relevant airworthiness regulations
• Understanding of airworthiness responsibilities of States and persons, and organisations, with respect to the aircraft.
• Solving practical issues by understanding and using the principles of airworthiness, especially when dealing with the interfaces of organisations and their responsibilities.

Who should take this course

• CAA Inspectors
• Airline Auditors
• Defence airworthiness personnel
• Compliance Monitoring staff
• CAMO engineers
• Anyone who has to interface with initial and or continuing airworthiness
• Anyone interested in understanding the airworthiness system

Pre-requisites

Experience and knowledge of at least one part of the regulatory system is advisable because of the amount of information presented.

Participants are kindly requested to bring a laptop to the course to access the course material which will only be provided in electronic format.

Duration

This is a 10-day course, starting at 9:00 and ending at approximately 16:30 on all days, including 2 days for practical training. An examination is offered on day 10 - examination fee included in the course fee.