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AMTSociety Mx Logs Update Corporate Sponsors AMTSociety State of the Industry Address Actively Engaged For those of you who are not aware the policy clarifying the definition of "actively engaged" for purposes of Inspection Authorization policy becomes effective Sept. 6, 2011. The FAA views the actively engaged requirement as providing main- tenance experience relevant to conducting inspections. Similarly, the two-year period provides the receiving of expe- rience in maintenance perfor- mance or supervision necessary to conduct inspections. "The FAA previously deter- mined involvement solely in an academic environment is not actively engaged. Refresher training attendance alone does not satisfy the requirements." To see the explanation in the Federal Register visit http://www. gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08- 04/pdf/2011-19741.pdf. N R F CFR Title 14: Aeronautics and Space, FAR 65 Subpart D – Mechanics § 65.91 Inspection Authorization: FAR 65.91 (c) (1) – (4) (c) To be eligible for an inspection authorization, an applicant must — (1) Hold a currently effective mechanic certificate with both an airframe rating and a powerplant rating, each of which is currently effective and has been in effect for a total of at least three years; (2) Have been actively engaged, for at least the two-year period before the date he applies, in maintaining aircraft certificated and maintained in accordance with this chapter; (3) Have a fixed base of opera- tions at which he may be located in 50 September 2011 Aircraft Maintenance Technology • www.AMTonline.com • www.AMTSociety.org Carol Giles with Melvin O. (Mel) Cintron, Division Manager, General Aviation and Commercial Division, AFS-800, and Tom Hendershot. Photos courtesy of Rick Groth. person or by telephone during a nor- mal working week but it need not be the place where he will exercise his inspection authority; (4) Have available to him the equipment, facilities, and inspection data necessary to properly inspect airframes, powerplants, propellers, or any related part or appliance; § 65.93 Inspection Authorization: Renewal (a) To be eligible for renewal of an inspection authorization for a two-year period an applicant must present evidence during the month of March of each odd-numbered year, at an FAA Flight Standards District Office or an International Field Office, that the applicant still meets the requirements of § 65.91(c) (1) through (4). In addi- tion, during the time the applicant held the inspection authorization, the applicant must show completion of one of the activities in § 65.93(a) (1) through (5) below by March 31 of the first year of the two-year inspection authorization period, and completion of one of the five activities during the second year of the two-year period: (1) Performed at least one annual inspection for each 90 days that the applicant held the current authority; or