MalcomMy surveyor told me as MG, I need up-to-date manuals for approval issue, but they only need to be kept up-to date if the type is actually being managed.
Nice to see some consistency in applying the rule, isn't it! I chuckled at the twin cirrus too, there one in Lincolnshire as well apparantly. I also wonder how many CAMOs do actually have these books to hand!
As an aside, the FAA have suggested I only need a manual revised to the date of build, and also under the FAA, the lifed items saga is dealt with in a more practical way, so it begs the question is that euro reg cessna 172 any better maintained / safer / cheaper than the N reg one sitting next to it on the ramp here in easa-land? What is easa trying to achieve here?
I had an owner call me a while back after some information, he had replaced his Engine his 172, 0r 182 if i remember correctly and wanted to fit a Cylinder head temp system to it, Even though the System has been fitted to many already in Europe and an STC in the USA was in place, because his was a Reims built one he was faced with a Major Mod to add it as the STC was issued for US built models of the Identical Aircraft....
How stupid is that?, I see common sense is still lacking in Europe.
As for the Manuals, that is what I was told as well,
I am afraid the whole shoody system implementation has been left up to individual Surveyors without any real guidence hence the differences, I wanted to add Groups to my approval as I was told by a Chief Surveyor that it was based on your licence coverage and that is what I managed eventually to do, but when you look at some companies approvals it lists every single type of Cessna single made, instead of say Cessna Piston Single Metal below XXXXKG.... That is down to the Surveyors.
Every Man and his Dog has Sia Marchetti SF260 on their approval, I used to maintain one and I would like to see them get one, it would soon make them wince!