Aviation Legislation

The role of ICAO, the European Commission, EASA and the National Aviation Authorities (and the UAE GCAA); the Basic Regulation and how Part-21, Part-M, Part-145, Part-66 and Part-147 fit together.

Part-66 (CAR 66) and the aircraft maintenance licence — categories A, B1, B2, B3 and C, the sub-categories, knowledge/experience/type-training requirements, recency and CRS privileges.

Part-145 (CAR 145) approval — the Maintenance Organisation Exposition, the Accountable Manager, facilities, personnel, tooling, data and compliance monitoring; Part-M Subpart F and Part-CAO for smaller aircraft.

Air OPS (CAR-OPS) and the Air Operator Certificate; operator responsibility for continuing airworthiness; documents carried on board; the MEL/MMEL relationship and the Configuration Deviation List.

Part-21 (CAR 21) initial airworthiness — DOA and POA, the Type Certificate and TCDS, STCs; the Certificate of Airworthiness and Certificate of Registration, the EASA Form 1 and the Permit to Fly.

Part-M / Part-CAMO (CAR M) — the owner/operator's responsibility, the maintenance programme, Airworthiness Directives versus Service Bulletins, the Airworthiness Review and ARC, and records.

The working documents — the maintenance programme and MSG-3, the manufacturer's data (AMM, IPC, WDM, SRM, CMM, SB), approved modifications and repairs, and reliability programmes.

Timed EASA-style Category A/B3 paper covering all seven sub-sections — 32 questions in 40 minutes, 75% to pass.