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CAMO.A.060 defines the privileges that a Part-CAMO approved organisation may exercise, including managing the continuing airworthiness of aircraft and, where approved, issuing and extending airworthiness review certificates.
What it means in practice
A Part-CAMO approved organisation has the privilege to manage the continuing airworthiness of aircraft as listed in its approval scope. This includes developing and controlling the maintenance programme, arranging for maintenance to be carried out, and ensuring compliance with all applicable airworthiness requirements. If the organisation holds the appropriate privilege, it may also conduct airworthiness reviews and issue or extend airworthiness review certificates.
These privileges can only be exercised within the scope defined on the organisation's approval certificate. The privilege to issue ARCs is particularly significant as it means the competent authority has delegated a portion of its oversight function to the organisation, placing a correspondingly high level of responsibility on the airworthiness review staff.
Key requirements
Privileges may only be exercised within the approved scope and in accordance with the procedures described in the CAME. The organisation must not exercise any privilege when it is aware of a non-compliance that could affect the airworthiness of the aircraft. The privilege to issue ARCs requires specific approval and is subject to additional requirements regarding staff qualification and procedures.
Common compliance gaps
Organisations occasionally exercise privileges outside their approved scope, particularly when they assume that managing a closely related aircraft variant is covered by an existing type rating. Another gap is continuing to exercise ARC issuance privileges when the organisation has outstanding level 1 findings that should have triggered a suspension of that privilege.
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