The National Air Transportation Association’s maintenance committee has begun equipping applicants for Part 145 certificates with a resource to ensure their thorough understanding of the FAA’s internal and external systems and processes.
Called “Guidance for Initial Applications for Repair Station Certificates,” the new resource offers applicants help with several elements of the process, including insight into the steps involved in the Certification Services Overnight Process (CSOP) and Safety Assurance Systems (SAS) for certification project management.
“This highly intuitive best practice details the process for an applicant to obtain a part 145 Repair Station certificate through the current AFS Certification Services Oversight Process (CSOP),” said Dan Lane, NATA’s maintenance committee vice chairman and vice president of technical services at AeroCenters. “Applicants will be better prepared and reduce the time needed to achieve certification by reviewing the detailed explanation of the process phases, helpful tips, and handy resource links.”
Along with CSOP and SAS processes, the documents provide insight into the three phases of the FAA repair station application process, the FAA’s management of applications, the process of applying directly to an FSDO rather than using an SAS portal, descriptions of Part 145 application forms, and FAA resources and links for new repair stations.