Should we do what the AMP says?

[Sonic Bam]

Another couple of thoughts from the “repping” point of view as opposed to the purely “airworthiness”.

The organisation you are representing have contracted the maintenance organisation to replace the actuator with an “overhauled” item. You’ve got to assume that the intent is that they want a “newly overhauled” item fitted. For whatever reason the maintenance organisation (or your own organisation depending on how the contract is set up for supply of lifed components) cannot supply a newly overhauled component.

They have offered you a “repaired” component. How do you know that this repaired component has more life left on it to overhaul that the one that is already fitted to the aircraft? If it is your organisation supplying the component then fine, everybody knows about it and the aircraft is compliant.

If, however, it is the maintenance organisation offering you the “repaired” component then I would be thinking about pushing this one up the line to the planner in your own organisation. Why?

1. There could be enough life left on the current actuator to allow it to remain fitted to the aircraft and another maintenance input planned for when a newly overhauled component is available. They could even apply a variation to the life rule to buy more time to get a suitable replacement. The task is removed from the list of work contracted for with the maintenance organisation and money is saved in that they do not pay the maintenance organisation for the manhours to replace the component and do not pay the component supplier for an actuator that has to be subsequently replaced anyway.
2. If there is no life left on the installed actuator and the “repaired” component is accepted then the AMP life rule will have to be reset to the TSO of the replacement “repaired” component.
3. A bit more controversial, the CRS statement says if I remember correctly “All work specified unless otherwise specified has been carried out …..”. It could be argued that all work specified has not been carried out. By informing your organisation to do 2. above you are doing enough to cover the “unless otherwise specified” bit.

Just my tuppence worth.