Charter & Fractional
FAA Issues Guidance for Aircraft Health Programs
New FAA guidance shows how frax and commercial operators can get authorization to use digital aircraft health management programs for maintenance credit.

The FAA has issued policy notice 8900.1 and Advisory Circular (AC) 43.218 that together provide guidance for fractional and commercial operators to obtain authorization to use digitally integrated aircraft health management (IAHM) programs to meet maintenance requirements. Comprehensive IAHM is an end-to-end concept that encompasses aircraft systems, data transmission, and data analysis/implementation, often on ground-based equipment, to provide information regarding aircraft system performance and structural conditions.