Sir - From studying the European Joint Aviation Requirements (JAR) 66 Notice of Proposed Amendment, I would like to put forward a comment.
For maintenance engineers who already hold technical qualifications and experience equal to, or greater than, the knowledge required by the Joint Aviation Authorities for the issue of a JAR-66 aircraft maintenance basic licence (AMBL), I feel strongly that no further examination should be required for its issue. An acceptable means of compliance for the issue of the AMBL part of a JAR-66 maintenance approval could be:
- successful completion of a full aircraft-maintenance technician's apprenticeship (mechanical or avionic);
- gaining at least the equivalent of a City & Guilds Aircraft Technician's Certificate Part 2 (mechanical or avionic);
- currently holding at least one full UK Civil Aviation Authority maintenance engineer's licence category;
- at least ten years' aircraft-maintenance experience.
I feel that this would be a just way of allowing experienced maintenance engineers to qualify for the new JAR-66 AMBL. To hold a JAR-145 Certification Authorisation, the specific task or aircraft type training would still have to be completed and passed by examination.
Mark Crane
Isle of Man, UK
Source: Flight International
