PART M HANDBOOK PUBLISHED

01 Feb 2010

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EASA has published a complete Part M manual, both as a printed handbook and as a PDF, explaining its rules on maintenance.

This is a first for the Agency, and it has been welcomed by the International branch of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (IAOPA) which has long expressed concern at the lack of clarity in EASA rulemaking.

AOPA-Denmark's Jacob Pedersen says: "AOPA strongly welcomes this initiative by EASA and congratulates them on the initiative. AOPA has for several years pointed to the fact that is almost impossible for the aviation end user to keep track of EU regulation, since new regulations are published as fragmented amendments and not in a consolidated version, like the JAR system used to provide.

"The new publication also combines both the hard law and the associated acceptable means of compliance. It does not make the regulation any less complex and it does not solve many of the problems that AOPA sees in Part M, but at least it makes the regulation more accessible, and that in itself is also a step forward. AOPA looks forward to seeing similar publications published for other areas of EASA regulation."

EASA says: "The handbook is a living document and will be routinely updated as the rules evolve."

The handbook can be downloaded from here:

http://www.easa.eu.int/ws_prod/g/technical-publications.php

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