Continuing Airworthiness Management of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Operators in Europe.
Continuing Airworthiness Management of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Operators in Europe.
Background: All Commercial Air Transport (CAT) require to be an approved Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO) in accordance with Part M. However, they can sub-contract the continuing airworthiness tasks to the OEMs or any other third- party MRO companies offering sch services. In the past years, large aircraft manufacturers offer a wide range of support including fleet technical management, continuing airworthiness management tasks.
Also, for other category of operators such as Specialized Operations (SPO), Non-commercial Specialized operations with complex aircraft (NCC), Non-commercial Specialized operations with non-complex aircraft (NCO) etc. can delegate the responsibility for continuing airworthiness management to a third-party CAMO through contract.
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) project will enable to offer air taxi operations and soon, they can be operated by manufacturers or any other CAT operators. As per current regulatory framework, any AOC holder which will operate UAM required to be an approved CAMO. Although, it can be argued that for UAM operations, the continuing airworthiness management model of SPO/NCC/NCO can be adopted to allow the manufacturers to take full responsibilities of their products and offer continuing airworthiness management services to the operators.
Write an argumentative/ persuasive essay about
Current regulatory framework is more appropriate for CAT operators offering UAM services
If the regulatory framework should provide flexibility to such operators so that they can contract the continuing airworthiness management services to manufacturers or any other third-party CAMO.
Also, discuss if new CAT operators offering UAM services or OEMs should be mandated to implement SMS in CAMO organisations.
Mention the proposed CAMO and SMS requirements for the UAM operators with scenario-based example, if manufacturer become the operator (i.e., Lilium, airbus, volocopter etc)
Introduction should cover about
What is Urban Air Mobility? Reason behind this project?
What is CAMO? What is the requirement of CAMO for a CAT operator? Write as per EASA regulatory framework.
Main body should cover;Current EASA regulatory framework for CAT operators offering UAM services (based on EASA NPA2022-06, Draft European Plan for Aviation Safety 2022-2026, and EASA study on the societal acceptance of Urban air Mobility in Europe). Then discuss if CAMO service can be contracted to manufacturers or third party followed by your proposal.
Will SMS implementation require for the CAT operators offering UAM service? Discuss why SMS is required? As per which EASA rules SMS implementation is mandatory for CAT operators? What changes there in other CAT operators where SMS implemented? Finally give your proposal.
Conclusion
Mention whether you want the changes in EASA regulations? What will be that changes?
Do you support SMS implementation? What will be changes?
