Rustom D. Sutaria – Avia Intelligence, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2018
SCENARIO: The organisation that has been awarded the contract is responsible for complying with all requirements that are associated with the contracted activity.
Example:
The operator awards a contract to an Approved Maintenance Organisation including the responsibility of certification of aircraft and components.
There is a serious limitation to a contracted Relationship: For example, it is not allowable for an operator to transfer its responsibility for mandatory oversight. The operator must remain responsible for continuing Airworthiness under the regulations.
SCENARIO:
The organisation has awarded a contract to a supplier, but has retained the responsibility for complying with all requirements that are associated with the contracted activity.
Example – OPERATOR TO MAINTAINER RELATIONSHIP:
An AMO awards the contract for the fabrication of aircraft seat covers to a cabin interiors organisation without a Part 145 Approval.
Certification of the Seat Cover under EASA Form 1 remains with the Awarding Part 145 Organisation under the remit of their Capability Listing which is approved under the awarding organisation’s Part 145 approval.
Another Example – OPERATOR TO OPERATOR OR OPERATOR TO STAND ALONE CAMO RELATIONSHIP:
The operator has sub-contracted the Aircraft Maintenance Planning Function (usually under the operator’s CAMO’ to a Stand-alone Part M Subpart G organisation or to another operator with the relevant approvals. CONTRACT CANNOT APPLY HERE!! CAMO Tasks are regarded as under sub-contract because oversight of the CAMO tasks must strictly remain with the Operator per regulations.
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