By September next year European aircraft maintenance providers will be obliged to have conducted approved human factors training for their staff. The requirement is included in Part 145 rules issued by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), but national aviation authorities’ (NAAs) inconsistent implementation of the rule appears to be causing confusion for some European companies.
Maintenance and Modifications
News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.
October 24, 2006 - 8:07am
It is hard to believe that despite the passage of more than nine years since that hot July night, the discussion continues about TWA Flight 800, which crashed off the coast of Long Island in July 1996.
October 24, 2006 - 7:57am
Company boasts two part 145-authorized facilities
October 24, 2006 - 7:53am
Macau, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China, has awarded Innotech Aviation MAR-145 maintenance organization status.
October 24, 2006 - 7:52am
SierraCom, a division of Sierra Industries, will now provide online services for its maintenance tracking program. Owner/operators will now be able to go to the Web site, log in with user name and password, and see their reports. The owner/operator will receive notification e-mail alerting them that he SierraCom analyst has updated a report with the flight log or maintenance transaction report that was sent to them.
October 24, 2006 - 7:48am
Capital Aviation on Wiley Post Municipal Airport in Oklahoma City has been awarded FAA Part 145 repair station status. The company, which has been in business since 1993, employs 76 people, has 80,000 sq ft of hangar space, and can accommodate aircraft as large as the Global Express and GV. Capital provides design, engineering, interior, paint, electrical and avionics or all turbine business aircraft.
October 24, 2006 - 7:46am
Western Aircraft of Boise, Idaho, a Pilatus sales and service center since 1996, has appointed OK3 Air on Heber Valley Municipal Airport of Heber City, Utah, an authorized satellite service center for the Pilatus PC-12.
October 24, 2006 - 7:45am
EZ Maintenance Version 2.08 is Link-It software’s latest maintenance control software for business and commercial maintenance requirements. The software schedules, manages and tracks all costs and histories of routine preventive maintenance or unscheduled repairs for any type of business asset, including all equipment and vehicles.
October 24, 2006 - 7:40am
Tech Engineering, an AOG mobile repair service, has xpanded its capabilities to include a base operation center at the Lanmar Aviation facility on the Groton-New London Airport in Groton, Conn. The service is available 24 hours a day and offers avionics maintenance and inspections as well as airframe and powerplant repair and inspections.
October 24, 2006 - 7:38am
On August 31 the NTSB officially recommended that the FAA require Bombardier to revise the maintenance procedures for the Canadair CRJ 200 so that the aileron free play check is accomplished at an interval less than 2,973 flight hours to prevent flight with aileron free play greater than the maximum limit.
