Recommendation Date
Recipient Name
CAA
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Reconsiders his decision to continue to approve a person to act as maintenance controller for an operator when that person is also employed by the maintenance service provider contracted to carry out aircraft maintenance for the operator.
Reply Text
In regard to final safety recommendation 088/98, the CAA has already reviewed the practice of the dual role exercised by some individuals. In the changeover to operator certification under Part 119 of the new rules, much more stringent standards are being applied if the air transport operator seeks to have the same person carry out both functions. This operation was being carried out under a certificate issued under the 1953 Civil Aviation Regulations.
There are, in New Zealand, a number of instances where it is impractical to have a person other than the local licensed aircraft maintenance engineer filling the two roles. In such cases, CAA continues to clearly indicate to the industry, both in general material and directly to the relevant individuals, the necessity of fully understanding the significant difference in the two roles and the clear need to be able to make, and to make, decisions appropriate to those roles.
There are, in New Zealand, a number of instances where it is impractical to have a person other than the local licensed aircraft maintenance engineer filling the two roles. In such cases, CAA continues to clearly indicate to the industry, both in general material and directly to the relevant individuals, the necessity of fully understanding the significant difference in the two roles and the clear need to be able to make, and to make, decisions appropriate to those roles.
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