CAMO.B.305 Oversight programme

(a) The CAA shall establish and maintain an oversight programme covering the oversight activities required by point CAMO.B.300.

(b) The oversight programme shall be developed taking into account the specific nature of the organisation, the complexity of its activities, the results of past certification and/or oversight activities, and shall be based on the assessment of associated risks. It shall include within each oversight planning cycle:

(1)  assessments, audits and inspections, including unannounced inspections and, as applicable:

(i)  management system assessments and process audits;

(ii)  product audits of a relevant sample of aircraft managed by the organisation;

(iii)  sampling of airworthiness reviews performed;

(iv)  sampling of permits to fly issued;

(2)   meetings convened between the accountable manager and the CAA to ensure both remain informed of significant issues.

(c) For organisations certified by the CAA, an oversight planning cycle not exceeding 24 months shall be applied.

(d) Notwithstanding point (c), the oversight planning cycle may be extended up to 36 months if the CAA has established that during the previous 24 months:

(1)  the organisation has demonstrated an effective identification of aviation safety hazards and management of associated risks;

(2)  the organisation has continuously demonstrated under point CAMO.A.130 that it has full control over all changes;

(3)  no level 1 findings have been issued;

(4)   all corrective actions have been implemented within the time period accepted or extended by the CAA as defined in point CAMO.B.350.

Notwithstanding point (c), the oversight planning cycle may be further extended to a maximum of 48 months if, in addition to the conditions provided in points (1) to (4) of the first subparagraph, the organisation has established, and the CAA has approved, an effective continuous reporting system to the CAA on the safety performance and regulatory compliance of the organisation itself.

(e) The oversight planning cycle may be reduced if there is any evidence that the safety performance of the organisation has decreased.

(f) The oversight programme shall include records of the dates when audits, inspections and meetings are due, and when such audits, inspections and meetings have been carried out.

(g) At the completion of each oversight planning cycle, the CAA shall issue a recommendation report on the continuation of the approval reflecting the results of oversight.