My point exactly. I can see no reason why the new CAMO should have to go through the old paperwork in great detail?.
That will have been done previously. All that is required is to review the paperwork since the issue of the last ARC. Probably a 50/Annual and AD's. This should be a minimal cost.
This is how C of A's have been carried out previously. You only review the paperwork since the last C of A. Why the need to reinvent the wheel?
This system should work in many ways in the same way as the old system except for the fact that the paperwork (CAMO) and maintenance organisations may not be one and the same.
The fact that the CAA want owners to strike up a long term relationship with the CAMO/Maint org is nothing new they have been banging that drum for 30 years.
A long term relationship beneficial to both parties is a good thing. However what people are afraid of is being trapped in an unsatisfactory relationship and being unable to move.
This CAMO system was designed for commercial air transport operations with an AOC in force. Even EASA are looking at modifying it almost before it is operational. It is clearly a sledge hammer to crack a nut.