IATA Aircraft Lease Guidance

Guidance Material and Best Practices for Aircraft Leases
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Contract maintenance
Personnel training
Continuing Analysis and Surveillance System (CASS)
The maintenance schedule is comparable to the AMP as defined by EASA. The maintenance schedule as
defined by the FAA should fulfill the following few basic requirements: what, how, and when a task should be
accomplished. A non-exhaustive list of items that the maintenance schedule may include is:
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ADs
SBs/Service Letters
Replacement of life-limited items
Replacement of components for periodic overhaul or repair
Special inspections
Checks or tests
Lubrication and servicing
Tasks identified in the MRBR
Airworthiness Limitations (AWL)
Certification Maintenance Requirements (CMR)
SSID
EWIS
The AMP is not part of an approval process; there is no FAA regulation that requires the AMP to be formally
approved (as opposed to EASA regulations). However, air carrier operations specifications (OpSpecs) are
issued to the operator to authorize it to use a maintenance program and the air carrier maintenance manual
required by FAA regulations.
3. Aircraft Redelivery File
As part of the redelivery process of an aircraft, it is necessary for the current operator to provide a clear
overview of the maintenance status of the aircraft, for the new operator to incorporate the aircraft into the
new maintenance program. The current operator will provide the maintenance status by means of a “last
done-next due” listing of all applicable AMP tasks. Considering the usual size of the AMP, a compliance file
for each of the tasks is usually a step too far. Specific areas of the AMP, however, are of vital importance
during the aircraft transfer. Ideally, status sheets and/or compliance binders are to be created for the items as
described in the following paragraphs.
3.1 Certification Maintenance Requirement / Airworthiness Limitation Tasks
A Certification Maintenance Requirement (CMR) is a scheduled maintenance task established during the
design certification of the aircraft and systems as an operating limitation of the TC or STC. A CMR usually
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