Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization
A Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization , or CAMO for short , is a facility that ensures the continued airworthiness of aircraft. This type of maintenance and test operation was defined by EASA . In Germany, the former aeronautical engineering companies (LTB) were transferred to CAMOs. The airworthiness of the aircraft is documented by ARCs (Airworthiness Review Certifications). An ARC corresponds to a former inspection certificate. In the first draft of the definitions for CAMO, only the state authorities were authorized to issue ARC. The EASA therefore introduced the CAMO plus . A CAMO plus is entitled to issue ARC.
All aircraft serviced by a CAMO must be serviced in accordance with a maintenance program (IHP) specified by the manufacturer. If the IHP can apply to a large group of identical aircraft, for example an aircraft type, the manufacturer defines a standard maintenance program (SIHP). The owner of an aircraft must report to the Federal Aviation Office , which is also responsible for the approval of CAMOs, and register to participate in the SIHP. In doing so, he confirms that he is complying with the manufacturer's maintenance instructions. This obligation, which already existed in the past, is thus fixed in writing. The German Aero Club has provided forms for the registration of aircraft in coordination with the aviation authorities.
Only aircraft listed in Appendix I (formerly Appendix II) of the so-called Basic Regulation are excluded from the SIHP . These are old aircraft for which the manufacturer had not yet specified precise maintenance regulations. As before, these aircraft will also be tested in an old type LTB. Therefore the old LTB still have to be operated.