Originally Posted by
threemiles
The peak is the FAA "Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community" dated March 12, a document type that was non existant before this date, is not based on ICAO rules and had just one obvious purpose. CMA.
CANIC was actually an outcome from the Comair 5191 crash. One of the NTSB findings related to poor inter-agency communication between various national and international certification authorities which delayed dissemination of training material that could have prevented the crash. This may be the first time that a CANIC was issued, however it is not a document type that was invented in the past few months.
"Recognizing the need for improved authority-to-authority communication, on September 26, 2006, the FAA released
Order 8040.5 describing the policy and procedures for developing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) airworthiness directives (AD) on imported products where the State of Design Authority has issued mandatory continuing airworthiness information (MCAI). The order introduced a process for evaluating all MCAI and determining whether individual MCAI meet certain criteria that would permit a quicker issuance of an FAA AD.Further, the FAA has implemented a process for Continued Airworthiness Notification to the International Community (CANIC) that provides notification to other international regulatory authorities when the FAA issues an airworthiness directive. This is the reciprocal action to that identified above in FAA Order 8040.5. Further, the FAA has instituted a process of regular continued operational safety program reviews with all manufacturers who hold, or have applied for, FAA type certificates on their aircraft. This review program allows a more open and consistent avenue of communication between the FAA, counterpart regulatory authorities, and manufacturers, should airworthiness issues arise."
https://lessonslearned.faa.gov/ll_ma...24&LLTypeID=10