Continuing airworthiness: major drivers and challenges in civil and military aviation
A wide regulatory reform is taking place world-wide in the continuing airworthiness domain. The major influences for promoting changes in how continuing airworthiness is managed are civil and military aircraft accidents to which fatigue, corrosion, wear, deterioration in ageing aircraft and the need...
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Vilnius Gediminas Technical University
2015-01-01
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| description | A wide regulatory reform is taking place world-wide in the continuing airworthiness domain. The major influences for promoting changes in how continuing airworthiness is managed are civil and military aircraft accidents to which fatigue, corrosion, wear, deterioration in ageing aircraft and the need for regulatory harmonisation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) signatory states and the military were the contributing factors. Another emerging factor is the conversion of older passenger aircraft to freighters, which brings forth the concern that aircraft are being used in a capacity for which they were not designed. The challenges of the regulatory reform are acceptance, certification of maintenance organizations and personnel, education and training, as well as information sharing and administration. This paper presents both the drivers and challenges in these areas and proposes a related change management framework.
First published online: 14 January 2016 |
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| spelling | doaj.art-21e72a8cb410492cb6a4b992ef4a0db92022-12-21T23:17:42ZengVilnius Gediminas Technical UniversityAviation1648-77881822-41802015-01-0119410.3846/16487788.2015.11269092538Continuing airworthiness: major drivers and challenges in civil and military aviationHuong Le0Ilias Lappas1School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, University of South Wales, Treforest Campus, Cardiff, United KingdomA wide regulatory reform is taking place world-wide in the continuing airworthiness domain. The major influences for promoting changes in how continuing airworthiness is managed are civil and military aircraft accidents to which fatigue, corrosion, wear, deterioration in ageing aircraft and the need for regulatory harmonisation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) signatory states and the military were the contributing factors. Another emerging factor is the conversion of older passenger aircraft to freighters, which brings forth the concern that aircraft are being used in a capacity for which they were not designed. The challenges of the regulatory reform are acceptance, certification of maintenance organizations and personnel, education and training, as well as information sharing and administration. This paper presents both the drivers and challenges in these areas and proposes a related change management framework. First published online: 14 January 2016http://journals.vgtu.lt/index.php/Aviation/article/view/2538airworthinessaviation safetyageing aircraftregulation |
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| title | Continuing airworthiness: major drivers and challenges in civil and military aviation |
| title_full | Continuing airworthiness: major drivers and challenges in civil and military aviation |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Continuing airworthiness: major drivers and challenges in civil and military aviation |
| title_short | Continuing airworthiness: major drivers and challenges in civil and military aviation |
| title_sort | continuing airworthiness major drivers and challenges in civil and military aviation |
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