Authorities Recognition of

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Authorities Recognition of Other-Party
Approaches

• Initial Authorities Comments

6th International Production Airworthiness
Meeting
Boston, United States, 1st September 2005
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Authorities Recognition of Other Parties
Approaches

• Question
• Does the Authority Leadership Team agree that the
  ICOP scheme is acceptable ?
• Response from Leadership Team
• There is insufficient detail in the current
  proposal for the Leadership Team to accept the
  ICOP scheme, specifically-

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Key Topics for Authorities
Authorities Recognition of Other Parties
Approaches

• Does the proposal satisfy FAR21/Part 21 ?
• How will Industry actually control the scheme ?
• Why is the proposal different to the PRI-NADCAP
  model ?
• What are the opportunities for the Authorities to
  oversee ?

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General Authorities Views
Authorities Recognition of Other Parties
Approaches

• Supportive of the overall concept to reduce
  multiple assessments no mention of use of a
  PAH/POA approval to demonstrate interface where
  it exists.
• Analogy with PAC Team 3 task to recognise other
  Authority approvals.
• Can comply with FAR21/Part 21, provided that the
  POA/PAH can demonstrate that their specific
  requirements to meet the applicable requirements
  are addressed as when using any other third party
  this is already accepted for participating
  organisations for the NADCAP model.

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Key Authorities Questions (1)
Authorities Recognition of Other Parties
Approaches

• Objective is for any POA/PAH/Supplier to
  recognise the other party scheme. Unless an
  Organisation participates in the IAQG Management
  activity, how can they demonstrate control of the
  scheme to meet FAR21/Part 21 requirements ?
• What resource will be allocated to manage and
  maintain the system (including cross-sector
  standardisation) ? Previous attempts for JAA
  recognition encountered problems in this area.
  Current NADCAP scheme has significant resource
  commitment in order to achieve the global
  benefits.

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Key Authorities Questions (2)
Authorities Recognition of Other Parties
Approaches

• Should there be a mechanism for Authority
  oversight or participation in Certifying Bodies
  Registrars ?
• What are the benefits to the Authorities in
  accepting the scheme ? Reduction in number and
  competence of Supplier QA personnel employed by
  the primes would be undesirable. Benefit of
  releasing resource to widen surveillance of
  suppliers/second and lower-tier subcontractors
  and to support process and product audits is no
  longer being mentioned.