The Importance of Airworthiness in Aviation Safety

Airworthiness is a critical aspect of aviation safety. It is the process of ensuring that an aircraft and all its components are in a condition for safe operation and comply with regulatory requirements.

Two Stages of Airworthiness: Initial and Continuing

The airworthiness process has two stages. The first is the initial airworthiness stage, which covers the design and production phases. To design an aircraft or aircraft part, a company must be a 21J-approved company, which means that it has received a Design Organisation Approval (DOA) that complies with airworthiness regulations. The design must also live up to the certification specifications for large aircraft.

Once the design has been approved, the production process can only be carried out by a 21G organisation (POA), which has lived up to the relevant regulations.

The second stage of airworthiness is continuing airworthiness, which starts as soon as an aircraft or part leaves the manufacturing site for the first time. From then on out, aircraft and parts must comply with continuing airworthiness requirements, which pertain to operations, crews, and maintenance activities.

To ensure continuing airworthiness, material management organizations must follow a set of rules. A CAMO (Part-M & Part-CAMO) is approved to manage continuing airworthiness, while a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO, Part 145) company is approved to execute specific maintenance tasks on a specific aircraft. Part 66 rules apply to the maintenance personnel who sign off the release certificates, and these personnel can only be trained by a company certified under Part 147 regulations.

In summary, airworthiness is a critical aspect of aviation safety, ensuring that every aircraft and component is thoroughly tested and approved before being put into service. From the design and production stages to ongoing maintenance and operations, strict regulations are in place to ensure that every aspect of an aircraft’s airworthiness is carefully monitored and maintained.

At FlyerTech, we are committed to providing comprehensive technical and CAMO services to support the ongoing airworthiness of your aircraft. We take pride in our accreditations as a CAMO granted by various regulatory bodies, including the Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom and the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). In addition to these certifications, we have more than two decades of experience collaborating with aircraft owners, operators and lessors worldwide. To learn more about our services, please visit our website at FlyerTech.com.