Proposal to develop a tailored set of maintenance regulations for general aviation - (DP 1809SS)

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Personal information

Last name?

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wells

Do your views officially represent those of an organisation?

If yes, please specify the name of the organisation.
airlines of tasmania

Issues and opportunities

1. In regard to general aviation, have you experienced issues and/or challenges in any of the following areas? (Select all that apply).

Please select all that apply
Ticked Maintenance organisation requirements
Independent licensed aircraft maintenance engineer (LAME) privileges
Generic inspection schedule
Maintenance certifications
Maintenance release
Pilot maintenance
Maintenance records and logbook requirements
Modifications and repairs
Other

2. What kind of issues and/or challenges are you currently experiencing in regard to general aviation, and how have they impacted you?

Comments
I can concerned with the differentiation between RPT and Charter maintenance ... which has caused major costs regarding 42/145 ...

International regulations

Have you worked in general aviation maintenance under the rules of any of the international models mentioned in this consultation (i.e. United States, New Zealand, Europe or Canada)?

Have you worked in general aviation maintenance under the rules of any of the international models mentioned in this consultation?
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Yes
Ticked No

Final Comments

Do you have any further comments or feedback?

Comments
My main concern is that we have been operating under 42/145 for the last few years as we are RPT with 135 being proposed and open to comment, I was happy to see this proposal come out - which I was assuming was going to relate to 135 However it seems than "general aviation" no longer applies to passenger carrying ops? So if we've been told that 135 wont go under 145/42 ... presumably 121 will ..., and "general aviation maintenance" no longer applies to passenger carrying ops ... does this mean there could be 3 sets of maintenance rules for "general aviation" ? I.e., an organisation flying grand caravan (Part 121), normal caravan (part 135) and say a caravan doing aerial work ... could be under 3 different types of maintenance? This is sounding worse...!

Final question to assist analysis

Which of the following best describes your current primary role in the aviation sector? (please select one)

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Aerial work
Private flying
Business aviation
Sport aviation (including self-administered organisations)
Flight training (including recreational, private and commercial pilot training organisations, and multi-crew training organisations)
Recreational pilot/private pilot
Maintenance authority
Aircraft design/engineering/building
Maintenance organisation
Maintenance training organisation
Licensed aircraft maintenance engineer
Aircraft maintenance engineer
Consultant & other professional services
Chief engineer
Government organisation
Safety manager
CASA officer
Ticked Other (Specify)
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CEO of RPT AOC organisation, + Accountable Manager of 145 / 42 and 142 operations.