Originally Posted by
SMW72
The other misconception is with regards the inspection process. You may be looking at it from a UK point of view which make your assertions spot on but in Norway engineers can Dupe their own work so an independent inspection is never required under their legislation. This may seem ridiculous to many on here but it is how it is.
Really? Norway applies the same Airworthiness rules as the rest of Europe, and both Part M and 145 require independent checks and critical task error management philosophies. Having the same guy doing his own duplicate inspections doesn't seem to achieve the same safety level.