In recent years the term Aviation MRO (Maintenance Repair Organisation) is used to describe the facility where aircraft maintenance is carried out.
Maintaining the high standards of Aviation Safety, is a shared responsibility between manufacturers, operators, regulators and Aviation MRO.
Aviation MRO’s , may hold approval from several different countries or authorities and before performing maintenance on customer aircraft specific approval must be obtained from the appropriate regulatory authority.
Aviation maintenance is one of the most heavily regulated environments and Aviation MRO’s are subjected to oversight by either the national authority or the authority of the maintained operators authority but in addition as part of the regulatory approval they hold MRO’s are required to be self checking by means of an Internal quality system which must be approved by the regulator.
Within Europe we have handed over responsibility for the development oversight and implementation of the structure to oversee the regulatory compliance of AVIATION MRO’s to the local regulatory authority under the specific guidance of EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) who are responsible ultimately for the aviation maintenance standards in each and every European Member State.
To comply with European regulations each Aviation MRO is required to have a person who is given the role of accountable manager and is responsible for the delivery of the organisational quality and safety, in addition this person is required to demonstrate sufficient funding availability to comply with the regulatory requirements. Normally supported by a number of a number of Directors or Post Holders, normally approved by the regulatory authority
In addition the Aviation MRO is required to nominate a person who will be approved by the competent authority to ensure by audit that the aviation maintenance organisation maintains not just the standard but oversight of the continuing delivery of the standard on a continuous basis.
An additional area of oversight is to be found in Europe provided by the Operators within the remit of Part M responsibilities
Essentially this responsibility mandates the ownership of the continuous airworthiness product by the Operators CAMO (Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Organisation). The responsibility places a burden on the operator which requires them to have an active relationship with the Aircraft Maintenance Company, which assures effective delivery of the maintenance product. This is especially important when taking into account the fact that the operator may be a separate organisation and thus the need to assure the brand is also protected.
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