OTAR Continuing Airworthiness Issues Related to the Oversight and Management of Western Aircraft in Russia and CIS Countries

The Evolution of Continuing Airworthiness Whilst a significant development path (from the late 1960s onwards) was embraced by the FAA & JAA (later EASA) a different path was pursued by Russia and the “now” Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) (Essentially continuing with a more Type Certificate Holder (TCH) centric process). The Continuing Airworthiness System embraced…