The Air Transportation Oversight System (ATOS) is the Federal Aviation Administration’s primary tool for overseeing the nation’s airlines. The fundamental principle of ATOS is that air carriers must have properly designed systems to eliminate or lessen risks before they result in accidents or incidents.
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Posted in Airline Terms, Aviation Safety Terms, FAA Terms | Tagged Air Transportation, Air Transportation Oversight System, ATOS, Aviation Oversight System, Aviation Safety, FAA
Type Certificate Data Sheets- Type Certificate Data Sheets (TCDS) are a part of the Type Certification Process and contain information relevant to the certification of particular aircraft. TCDS contain information that is useful, not only at the time the aircraft undergoes certification, but as an ongoing resource for the life of an aircraft. Any time a Certificate of [...]
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Posted in Abbreviations and Acronyms, FAA Terms | Tagged Aircraft, Airworthiness, FAA, Regulatory
CMR Definition – What is a CMR? – A CMR is a required periodic task, established during the design certification of the airplane as an operating limitation of the type certificate.
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Posted in Aviation Safety Terms, FAA Terms | Tagged Airworthiness, FAA, Inspection, Maintenance
Technical Standard Orders are written specification published by the FAA as a minimum performance standard for specified materials, parts, and appliances used on civil aircraft. When authorized to manufacture an aicraft material, part, or appliances to a TSO standard, this is referred to as TSO authorization.
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged Airworthiness, FAA, Parts, TSO
Technical Standard Order Authorization
A Technical Standard Order Authorization – TSOA from the Federal Aviation Administration authorizes a manufacturer to produce a material, part, or appliance to a TSO standard. Receiving a TSOA approves both design and production of the TSO part.
A TSOA does not authorize the installation of a TSO part in a certificated aircraft. The standard [...]
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged Airworthiness, FAA, TSO
The definition of Aviation / Aircraft Maintenance as defined by the FAA and EASA is
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Essential Maintenance encompasses any on-wing accomplishment of any maintenance or alteration that the certificate holder has designated as a RII. Essential Maintenance is maintenance that would result in a failure effect that would endanger the continued safe flight and landing of the airplane if it was performed improperly or if improper parts or materials were [...]
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Posted in FAA Terms | Tagged Airlines, FAA, Maintenance, Regulatory, Repair Stations
The aviation definition of the term Night has a significant Regulatory impact on aviation and worldwide aircraft operations . Many international regulations and standards apply specifically to aviation operations conducted at night or differentiate between operations permitted by day and those permitted at night.
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Posted in Aircraft Navigation Terms | Tagged Aircraft, Aviation, Aviation Term Night, CAA, FAA, ICAO, Transport Canada
Dirty Dozen: The twelve most common Aviation Maintenance-related, Human Factors causes of errors.
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Posted in Aviation Safety Terms, Featured | Tagged FAA, Human Factors, Safety
Runway Status Lights are an Airport system that warns pilots and surface vehicles if it is unsafe to cross or enter a runway via a series of red lights embedded in the pavement.
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Posted in Airport Terms, ATC Terms | Tagged Airports, ATC, FAA, Navigation, Runway, Safety
