Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Affirms Part-recovery Rights for Mx Shops
The agency was applying the rule unevenly, according to ARSA.

A repair station’s rating allows it to make “continue-in-service” determinations on internal or attached articles, according to an FAA response to the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA). The response is to ARSA’s July 9 letter to the FAA’s Aircraft Maintenance Division regarding the removal and reinstallation of components variously referred to as salvaged parts, cannibalized parts, serviceable parts and part recovery.