Maintenance and Modifications
Mx Manual Issues Still Hamstring MROs
Repair stations just want unfettered access to maintenance manuals, but some OEMs are reluctant to share.

The provision of instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA), otherwise known as maintenance manuals, remains an issue for repair stations that need such information to maintain their customers’ aircraft and the components attached to them. The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has been working on this issue for many years on behalf of its members and trying to get regulators to uphold rules that require aircraft, engine and component manufacturers (original equipment manufacturers or OEMs) to provide ICA to repair stations, particularly those that don’t have an authorized service center relationship with the OEM.