I have seen recently, over a number of GA Forums, no names, that the Approved Maintenance Programme (AMP) is not that well understood by aircraft owners. What is an AMP and how does it fit in with LAMP from the CAA? In a short answer it does not as we shall see. (more…)
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Approved Maintenance Programmes
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009Thoughts of an Airworthiness Consultant – What do I know?
Thursday, July 16th, 2009As an independent airworthiness consultant, working across a number of aerospace sectors; public service helicopters, corporate, executive point-to-point charter and the airlines, I thought I would offer my view of our industry from a grass-roots perspective. We all read daily, the news emanating through the news outlets, doom, gloom and success.
An AOC What Else is Required
Saturday, July 11th, 2009Over the last 3 weeks we have been looking what is required to start an airline and gain an Air Operators Certificate, today in the final part we will look at all the other demands on your bank account before you even start to fly fare paying passengers from where they are to where they want to go. As has been seen previously, nothing in aviation is cheap!
Airworthiness and Other Operational Post Holders
Friday, July 3rd, 2009You are still keen on having your own airline; you have started the process to obtain your licences and approvals, you’re are employing an army of consultants and you’re negotiating for your aircraft; it is all done? Not quite! You will need approved post holders for all disciplines; operations, training, airworthiness, ground operations and you as the accountable manager responsible for the whole operation.
Starting an AOC Part 2t
Friday, June 26th, 2009AN AIR OPERATOR’S CERTIFICATE – PAPER, PAPER AND MORE PAPER!
Following on from lasts week’s blog where we looked at the regulatory steps to be overcome on the way to applying for an AOC, this week we will look at the mountain of paperwork that has to be prepared, submitted and approved before you can start flying and potentially start earning some revenue. There are two ways that this paperwork can be produced:
- You can immerse yourself in a volume of paper, enough to fill a small sized swimming pool;
Or (more…)
