Setting up a foreign FAA FAR 145 repair station?
I am wondering what it would take to set up a foreign FAA part 145 repair station. Country in question will be the UK. Doing line work only, at 2 stations looking after 2 aircraft at each station.
What will it take, where would somebody start?
How many people need to be in charge?
Anybody have any idea of cost?
Could it even be done with one person?
Do you use IA’s for commercial work?
You would have to set up the repair station in the country where located, following their rules, while incorporating IASA (International Aviation Safety Assessment program) or BIASA (Bi-lateral Aviation Safety Agreement) regulations, to be able to work on US registered aircraft. I think the cost would be prohibitive unless you have a small fortune, primarily due to insurance costs. I’m not sure what the going rate is, but I looked into it years ago for the US and I believe, that then, where I was looking at, I had to have 3Mil in liability insurance and the annual premium was about 25k (premium may be skewed, because it was a number of years ago). You would only need one person at each airport, but that’s not really practical, Regualtory-wise, you’ll have many requirements to satisfy and it would probably take at least a year or two, to get all the issues resolved for certification. All you need is an A&P or foreign issued license with appropriate ratings for airframes/engines working on, but the IA referenced by the other gentleman is not even considered in an air carrier world, that’s a GA/corporate requirement.
Nope, cannot be done by 1 person. you would need an A&P license to perform the work and an IA to sign off on it.
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You would have to set up the repair station in the country where located, following their rules, while incorporating IASA (International Aviation Safety Assessment program) or BIASA (Bi-lateral Aviation Safety Agreement) regulations, to be able to work on US registered aircraft. I think the cost would be prohibitive unless you have a small fortune, primarily due to insurance costs. I’m not sure what the going rate is, but I looked into it years ago for the US and I believe, that then, where I was looking at, I had to have 3Mil in liability insurance and the annual premium was about 25k (premium may be skewed, because it was a number of years ago). You would only need one person at each airport, but that’s not really practical, Regualtory-wise, you’ll have many requirements to satisfy and it would probably take at least a year or two, to get all the issues resolved for certification. All you need is an A&P or foreign issued license with appropriate ratings for airframes/engines working on, but the IA referenced by the other gentleman is not even considered in an air carrier world, that’s a GA/corporate requirement.
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36 years in industry, as A&P/IA and worked as a maint. controller on an international operation for a major carrier.
You might want to set a Repair Station in UK and have it certificated locally first.
At this time the FAA has been barred from issuing U.S. Certifications to foreign repair stations until new TSA and DHS regulations are in place to inspect and establish security protocols. This might take years.
You only need U.S. FAA certification to service U.S. registered aircraft’s overseas.
http://www.aviationtoday.com/regions/usa/2027.html
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