2. Continuing Airworthiness
Management Exposition (CAME)
Nominated Post-Holders - qualifications and
selection
Role of the Accountable Manager
Role of the Continuing Airworthiness Manager
(CAM)
Role of the Quality Manager
Use MPD and AMP
Use of MMEL and MEL
Interactive Session
Question and answer Session
3. CAMO means a Continuing Airworthiness
Management Organisation; such organisations
may be approved for continuing airworthiness
management only (Part M subpart G), or
have an additional privilege to issue
Airworthiness Review Certificates (Part M
subpart G and subpart I).
4. CAME is a control document approved by
AWO
Prepared on the basis of CAR M M.A. 704
5. CAME is divided in six Parts
Part 0 General organisation
Part 1 Continuing airworthiness management
procedures
Part 2 Quality system
Part 3 Contracted Maintenance
Part 4 Airworthiness review procedures
Part 5 Appendix
6. Statement of Accountable Manager
Scope of Work
Name and title of Post Holder
Organisation chart
List of ARS
Description of location and facilities
Procedures for compliance of CAR
8. Accountable manager
Continuing Airworthiness Manager
Quality Manager
All person shall be able to show relevant
knowledge, background and appropriate
experience related to aircraft continuing
airworthiness.
9. AM has corporate authority for ensuring that
all continuing airworthiness management
activities can be financed and carried out.
accountable manager shall be has corporate
authority for ensuring that all the operations
can be financed and carried out to the standard
required for the issue of an air operator's
certificate/ Permit
10. Airworthiness Manager shall be responsible for
the management and supervision of continuing
airworthiness activities.
Establishment and development of continuing
airworthiness policy
Analysis of the effectiveness of the AMP
The relationship with the Part 145 maintenance
contractor
11. Ensuring that the Quality System is effective
in its application and any follow up actions
required to address findings;
Approval of Technical log, AMP,MEL by
DGCA and its amendment
Ensuring that technical records are kept as
required by Part M.A.305;
Work planning and follow up
12. Technical follow up;
Modifications and repairs (changes) are carried out to an
approved standard;
Airworthiness Directive review and embodiment;
Non mandatory modification embodiment policy
Rectification of all defects
Line and base maintenance
pilots are duly trained and authorised to issue Certificates
of Release to Service
Certificate of Airworthiness for each aeroplane operated
by the company remains valid
13. Reporting any occurrences of a maintenance
nature to the DGCA and the aircraft
manufacturers
The amendment and control of this Continuing
Airworthiness Management Exposition.
Review and implementation, as appropriate, of
any additional DGCA requirement
14. QM is nominated with the responsibility of
ensuring that the organisation is always in
compliance with Subpart G. Quality manager is
ultimately responsible to the accountable
manager.
Establishing a Quality Monitoring Programme
which addresses all of the areas of
contracted maintenance support.
Monitoring all sub-contracted activities
16. The AMP and any subsequent amendments
shall be approved by DGCA
When the continuing airworthiness of the
aircraft is managed by CAMO, the AMP and its
amendments may be approved through an
indirect approval procedure,
Provided the amendments are submitted to
DGCA local office at least 15 days before their
affectivity and the procedure is documented
17. The AMP must establish compliance with:
1. instructions issued by DGCA
2. instructions for continuing airworthiness
issued by the TC holder
3.AMP shall contain details, including
frequency, of all maintenance to be carried out,
including any specific tasks linked to the type
and the specificity of operations.
18. MEL represents a listing of items of
equipment, which may, under certain
circumstances be unserviceable
MEL and instructions for its use is contained
within the Operations Manual
When a defect has been raised in 'Defects'
column of the Technical Log and is deemed
to be within the allowance quoted in the MEL
then it may be subject to carry forward
action
19. The entry in the 'Action Taken' column of the
Tech log should be annotated 'Defect carried
forward in accordance with the MEL
reference..... ADD No. ..... raised' this entry
may be made by the operating crew or
maintenance personnel
The ADD record pages must be suitably
annotated with details of the defect and a time
limit must be specified (date and time or
remaining flight hours and/or cycles).
20. No Certificate of Release to Service is to be
issued for the carried forward item until the
defect has been cleared on a subsequent SRP.
21. Where the MEL item has been entered by
maintenance personnel, the decision to
accept the carried forward item allowed by the
MEL/CDL remains the responsibility of the
pilot in command. This acceptance of any
open deferred items is indicated by his/her
signature on the SRP in the 'Captain's
Acceptance' space
22. The time limit for the defect rectification or
“rectification interval” is specified in the MEL
in Flight Hours/Cycles/Calendar Time (A,B,C
or D) so that the defect rectification may be
performed before the specified MMEL limit.