Avionics News August 2012 - 14

In this monthly column, Ric Peri of the AEA’s Washington, D.C., office, informs members of the latest regulatory updates.

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Standardization and Consistency

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s we look toward the second half of the year, There are three elements of consistency: the standard, there is a lot of discussion in Washington, D.C., the inspector and us. about standardization. As part of the Federal The standard should be Part 145, but unfortunately, in Aviation Administration reauthorization bill, which addition to the regulation, guidance and policy is often finally passed Congress, there was a mandate that the treated as if it were regulatory. Part 145 contains the FAA institute an FAA/industry group to evaluate the rules a repair station must follow related to its perforchallenges of standardization and make recommendamance of maintenance, preventive maintenance or altions to instill standardization within the FAA. But, terations of an aviation article to which Part 43 applies. what does this mean? Part 43 prescribes rules governing the maintenance, The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines standardize preventive maintenance, rebuilding and alteration of any as “to bring into conformity with a standard.” From a technical perspective, standardize is to bring industry After spending years working with the manuals (operators, repair stations, individurequired by Part 145, it is clear that Part 145 defines als) into conformity with the Federal our maintenance business into two primary areas: the Aviation Regulations (the standard). physical and human infrastructure and the operation. I have yet to meet an FAA employee who doesn’t attempt to implement standardization as Merriam-Webster defines it. If standardization is bringing industry into aircraft having a U.S. airworthiness certificate or article conformity with the standard, something we all would for those aircraft. And, Part 91 (and Subchapter G for agree is generally appropriate, then what is our comcommercial operations) prescribes rules governing the plaint? Why has Congress mandated this group? I maintenance, preventive maintenance and alterations of believe it is because we are confusing standardization U.S.-registered civil aircraft. with consistency. So, the standard for where we perform maintenance is Our friends at Merriam-Webster define consistency as Part 145; how we perform maintenance is Part 43; and “harmony of conduct or practice with profession.” Conwhat maintenance is required is Part 91, or Subpart G, sistency is the noun form of the adjunctive consistent, depending on the customer. which means “marked by harmony, regularity or steady After spending years working with the manuals continuity: free from variation or contradiction.” Ahh, required by Part 145, it is clear that Part 145 defines there we have it. We, as an industry, want to be “free our maintenance business into two primary areas: the from variation or contradiction” as we pursue standardphysical and human infrastructure and the operation. ization. Subparts A and B are principally administrative. Sub14
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