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Arsa Asks Supreme Court To Rule On Freedom of Technical Data

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

June 13, 2012

On June 11, the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (Arsa) filed a friend of the court (amicus curiae) brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court to intervene in the issue of manufacturers refusing to provide technical data to maintenance providers. Arsa says it is concerned about “the FAA’s ongoing disregard for the plain language of the rules, mandated by federal statute, requiring that design approval holders [DAHs] make technical information available regarding the performance of maintenance, preventive maintenance or alterations. This requirement ensures that owners of aircraft and those servicing aircraft have access to the latest and most recent information for maintaining aircraft and is critical for guaranteeing flight safety.” The amicus brief relates to a March 2, 2011 appeal, since rejected, in the case of AvidAir Helicopter Supply of Lee’s Summit, Mo., versus Rolls-Royce.

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