By Adam Hunt
In recent years it has taken quite a long time for TC to complete the process to
add a new aircraft type to the Owner Maintenance (O-M) category.
An aircraft owner would request the type be added and then it would be evaluated, be submitted to CARAC Part V for approval and wind its way through the TC system until it made its way into CAR Standard 507 Appendix H and was officially on the list. This process could take a very long time.
TC wants to make the process much more streamlined and has introduced some
changes that have shortened the process from up to a year down to a few weeks.
One of the challenges has been to find a place to list new types that have been
accepted onto the O-M list in the time between TC acceptance and the formal
amendment of the CAR Standard 507 Appendix H list.
Effective right away new aircraft added to the O-M list my now be found in
English at:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/maintenance/aarpe/Recreational/Classification.htm
and in French at:
http://www.tc.gc.ca/AviationCivile/maintenance/aarpe/Loisir/Categorie.htm
The up to date list of aircraft, along with complete information on the O-M category, can also be found on our website under COPA Guide to The Owner Maintenance Category