LAMS annual certification
I am having a (albeit friendly) dispute with an aircraft owner about certification of his annual inspection. He is of the opinion that as his A/C has an EASA standard CofA operated in what was private category then he only needs a licenced engineer to certify the annual and would only need to bring his A/C to a maintenance facility for a CofA renewal.
Having read Lams it states that an annual inspection shall be carried out "under the supervision of either a M3 or part 145 organisation"
His argument is that the engineer in question who has offered to sign his annual works for a 145 company so that's ok.
My question to you all is, the engineer works for a 145 company but signs off the annual in the log books under his licence number, would this be acceptable to you if you recieved the A/C for its next inspection or would you (like me) expect the annual to be certified by an approved organistaion?
JB