EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar

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EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar

• Presentation on behalf of IACA
• Steve Sells
• Airworthiness Manager
• Thomas Cook Airlines UK Ltd

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EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar
IACAInternational Air Carrier Association

• Founded in 1971
• 37 Airlines
• Over 750 Aircraft
• 50000 Employees
• 100 million Passengers annually
• 650 Destinations

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EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar

• Industry Concerns
• Confusion over Training Requirements in Agency
  Decisions 2007-001-R, 2007-002-R, 2007-003-R
• This seminar is evidence that there is concern
  over the implementation of these requirements
  these concerns are shared by many Operators and
  Part 145 Organisations
• Operators are concerned as to what the Level 1
  and 2 should include the requirement in the AMC
  for having access to aircraft where typical
  examples of FTS issues can be shown is a problem
  we are trying to keep people away from Fuel
  Systems!

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EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar

• No indication given as to if training, and
  continuation training, needs to be assessed
• Should separate authorisations be given for Part
  66 staff?
• Concern re lack of consistency of training that
  will be given.
• Lack of Support from Manufacturers particularly
  in respect of training material

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EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar

• Confusion as to recording requirements for CDCCL
  Tasks Operators can manage these for
  Planned/Scheduled Tasks, but are having problems
  with this for Unscheduled Tasks For example,
  one manufacturer has a CDCCL task that requires
  the air gap between an FQI probe and the Aircraft
  structure to be maintained. Is it the intention
  that individual records are required to be
  maintained for each probe?
• Many IACA members have aircraft that transfer on
  short term seasonal leases. As these requirements
  are not harmonised with the FAA, and other
  Authorities, this will result in confusion and
  potential errors.

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EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar

• Many of the IACA members do have not their own
  Base Maintenance facilities and contract with
  third party MROs
• Concern that not all Part 145 organisations, both
  inside and outside Member States, fully
  understand the requirements. This would include
  both Airframe/Engine Overhaul Agencies as well as
  smaller Component Overhaul companies. We would
  encourage the Agency and NAAs to have open
  dialogue with these organisations and work
  together to ensure consistency.
• Do all Part 145 organisations have to provide
  training, or only with respect to their scope of
  approval?

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EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar

• We would further encourage the Agency to consider
  facilitating Industry Workshops to ensure that
  the results from meetings such as todays, are
  shared and to enable organisations to raise
  queries

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EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar

• Lack of coordination with the Airworthiness
  Directives that have been issued in respect of
  Fuel AWLs
• Lack of coordination with the forthcoming
  regulation changes in respect of EWIS ( NPA
  2007-01) which also imposes a heavy training
  workload
• We would encourage the Agency to coordinate these
  issues with Industry to ensure that training
  efforts are not duplicated

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EASA Fuel Tank Safety Training Seminar

• Thank you for the opportunity to participate in
  todays seminar

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