This session is part 2 of a 3 part series. You must purchase and complete Part 1 -- ICA-The Basics -- before completing this session.

This session explains the importance of instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA) and describes ARSA’s efforts to strike an appropriate balance between the often competing regulatory and business considerations. It also addresses various design approval holder business practices that affect the availability and use of ICA and explains the FAA’s policy prohibiting DAHs from engaging in certain behaviors. It also explores various FAA legal interpretations on ICA and some of the issues being examined in an ongoing anti-trust inquiry by the European Commission’s competition directorate.

Learning objectives:

Upon completion of this session, participants will have the tools to understand ICA regulatory requirements.

Target audience:

Anyone working in aviation.