New Part 66 License Ammendments

A320

http://www.iaa.ie/index.jsp?p=93&n=97&a=225&pp=470&nn=286&lID=935
About bloody time!!!!

Celtic Mech

Good news for B2 guys...It gives them more scope of work - especially for Line Maintenance where the whole thing was really aimed towards.

The "A" authorization may not be added by the stroke of a pen, which i initially thought it may have. I had a quick flick thru the new legislation which can be viewed here - http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2011:298:0001:0124:EN:PDF

"The holder of a category B2 aircraft maintenance licence may only exercise the certification privileges described in point 66.A.20(a)(3)(ii) of Annex III (Part-66) following the satisfactory completion of (i) the relevant category A aircraft task training and (ii) 6 months of documented practical experience covering the scope of the authorisation that will be issued. The task training shall include practical hands on training and theoretical training as appropriate for each task authorised. Satisfactory completion of training shall be demonstrated by an examination or by workplace assessment. Task training and examination/assessment shall be carried out by the maintenance organisation issuing the certifying staff authorisation. The practical experience shall be also obtained within such maintenance organisation"

Note though from Page 11/124 from the regulation that:
"The category B2 licence does not include any A subcategory."

A320

Well if you already have the A i suppose its up to company approvals etc,it is good news,i think the next step down the line a bit is just one license!!!!

D16TURBO

I was reading the section about the the examinations and I'm wondering whether the ten year time limit will apply from 2013 or is it retrospective?

triggermortis

Doesn't nearly everyone have B1 and B2 now? I'm extremely lazy and yet I'm only 1 small module from having the set