A and C
31st Jan 2006, 18:30
Untill last year if your aircraft was out of maintenance check and it needed to be moved an engineer licenced on the type could authorise a flight under "A" conditions to fly the aircraft to a maintenance base.
Now the engineer has to get the CAA invloved to authorise a flight under "A" conditions as you might guess the CAA take no technical responsabilty that is all down to the licenced engineer.
I am told that the CAA charge for this paperwork that adds nothing to air safety is £80.
In fact I think that this action will put more pressure on aircraft pilots & owners to get the aircraft to a maintenance base on time and they may feel pressued to do this in weather conditions that they would not normaly fly in to avoid the paperchase and the £80 fee.
Now the engineer has to get the CAA invloved to authorise a flight under "A" conditions as you might guess the CAA take no technical responsabilty that is all down to the licenced engineer.
I am told that the CAA charge for this paperwork that adds nothing to air safety is £80.
In fact I think that this action will put more pressure on aircraft pilots & owners to get the aircraft to a maintenance base on time and they may feel pressued to do this in weather conditions that they would not normaly fly in to avoid the paperchase and the £80 fee.