EASA Policy on the roles and responsibilities of personnel involved in aircraft line and base maintenance
The provisions related to the functions and responsibilities of personnel involved in aircraft maintenance,
contained in Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014, have frequently raised questions. A paper developed in
December 2015: “EASA policy on Certificates of Release to Service for aircraft maintenance and associated
responsibilities of maintenance organisations and CAMOs” did address some of the issues.
Questions on certifying staff and support staff emerged again recently from industry feedback, in particular
as to how much this staff should be involved in the verification of maintenance. Besides, different
amendments to the Regulation (EU) 1321/2014 were adopted since 2015. These 2 aspects led the Agency to
issue this paper.
This paper intends to provide an updated status on the Agency views in respect of the roles and
responsibilities of the personnel involved in aircraft maintenance. Hence, pending the review of the other
chapters of the Dec. 2015 paper and although their intents remain valid, the chapters 5, 6, 7 and 8 of the
December 2015 paper are considered to be superseded by this paper. The other chapters of the Dec. 2015
paper, as well as the topic of error-capturing methods (e.g. independent inspection) will be addressed in the
future.
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