AMC1 M.A.704 Continuing airworthiness management exposition    

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 1

1. The purpose of the continuing airworthiness management exposition is to set forth the procedures, means and methods of the CAMO. Compliance with its contents will assure compliance with Part-M and, as applicable, Part-ML requirements.

2. A continuing airworthiness management exposition should comprise:

Part 0    General organisation

Part 1    Continuing airworthiness procedures

Part 2    Quality system or organisational review (as applicable)

Part 3    Contracted maintenance — management of maintenance (liaison with maintenance organisations)

Part 4    Airworthiness review procedures (if applicable)

3. Personnel should be familiar with those parts of the continuing airworthiness management exposition that are relevant to their tasks.

4. The CAMO should specify in the exposition who is responsible for the amendment of the document. Unless otherwise agreed by the CAA, the person responsible for the management of the quality system or for the organisational review should be responsible for monitoring and amending the continuing airworthiness management exposition, including associated procedure’s manuals, and the submission of proposed amendments to the CAA. The CAA may agree to a procedure, and its agreement will be stated in the amendment control section of the continuing airworthiness management exposition defining the class of amendments, which can be incorporated without the prior consent of the CAA (‘indirect approval procedure’).

5. The CAMO may use electronic data processing (EDP) for the publication of the continuing airworthiness management exposition. The continuing airworthiness management exposition should be made available to the CAA in a form acceptable to the latter. Attention should be paid to the compatibility of the EDP publication systems with the necessary dissemination, both internally and externally, of the continuing airworthiness management exposition.

6. The continuing airworthiness management exposition should contain information, as applicable, on how the CAMO complies with CDCCL instructions.

7. Appendix V to AMC1 M.A.704 contains an example of a continuing airworthiness management exposition layout.