The following communication was received by Steven Bentley on behalf of Sofema Aviation Services from EASA on Wed July 2nd 2014. For any comments or questions please contact steve.bentley@sassofia.com
This is an abridged version (without changes) of the received document to provide for specific clarity of the concerned points.
Dear Mr. Bentley,
Regarding your question, our position is the following:
– A Part-147 approval only grants privileges related to courses and examinations required by Part-66.
– As a consequence, the privileges of a Part-147 organisation do not include providing other courses such as, but not limited to, Human Factors, Regulations, Engine Run-Up, Procedures, etc. These courses can be imparted by any organisation (including your organisation) as long as they are acceptable to the corresponding competent authority. By this we mean that, for example, a course performed on Regulation 145 for the purpose of qualifying the Quality Manager of a Part-145 organisation can be imparted by any organisation as long as it is acceptable to the competent authority responsible for the Part-145 organisation (as regards to content, duration, instructors, etc).
– If a Part-147 organisation advertises that they perform a non-Part-66 course, they can perfectly do so. However, any certificate they issue for such course is not covered by the Part-147 privileges and is not mutually recognised because they are not doing them based on their Part-147 privileges. It will have to be accepted by each competent authority individually. As a consequence, EASA has no responsibility on how they perform these courses (this will be the responsibility of the competent authority who accepted the course).
I hope this clarifies your questions and helps you to achieve acceptance of your courses.
Best regards,
Juan Anton
Continuing Airworthiness Manager
Product Safety Unit – Rulemaking Directorate
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Ottoplatz, 1
D- 50679 Köln, Germany
Phone: +49 221 899 90 5025
Fax: +49 221 899 90 5525
juan.anton@easa.europa.eu
