Fuel Tank Safety Initial Training
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Have you attended Fuel Tank Safety Initial Training?
The criteria requires that persons working on Aircraft that carry more than 30 passengers or 7500 lb of Cargo should satisfy the requirements of Fuel Tank Safety Training Level 2.
The Training required should cover a wide range of associated topics the subject material is driven by the EASA requirements and covers an understanding, from the investigation of historical events driving the legislation, to its practical applications ensuring the continued airworthiness of affected aircraft.
What do you know about Fuel Tank Safety?
Review of In-Service Management of Fuel System Safety
To ensure ongoing compliance will require actions in the following areas:
Continued Airworthiness Management, including maintenance program’s, modifications and Service Bulletin assessments
Your actions:
What Fuel Tank Safety Specific Procedures does your organization currently have in place?
Have you read and understood these procedures? If not please review them now.
Quality Assurance Policy Procedures
What steps does the Quality System employ to ensure the organization is fully compliant with Fuel Tank Safety Requirements?
Your actions:
Understand what steps are taken by Quality Assurance to ensure compliance with the requirements and objectives of FTS.
Maintenance Procedures
The majority of relevant Maintenance Procedures have been revisited and amended where necessary by the Type Certificate Holder (TCH)
Your Actions:
Consider what additional procedures are available to those which are contained in the Aircraft Maintenance Manual AMM (locate and review content of all additional procedures).
Inspection and Repair Standards
Your actions:
Where are the Inspection Standards located for Zonal Inspections? Review the Inspection Standards.
Review Repair Standards Review both the Standard Practices and the Standard Wiring Practices for the aircraft types that you are maintaining.
Maintenance Planning Data Documents
The Maintenance Planning Document is the source document for the Maintenance Program.
Review the Airworthiness Limitation section of the MPD to understand the applicable requirements for your aircraft type.
Note may be located in Section 9 for Boeing MPD or Section 5 for Airbus MPD.
In-service maintenance of Fuel Tank Ignition Source
How are Ignition source features maintained during Maintenance Checks?
What additional steps are you aware of in your organization?
Suppression and Flammability Reduction features
Nitrogen Inerting Procedures need to be maintained in a fully airworthy condition, what systems are installed on your aircraft and what guidance material is available.
Review the Guidance Material.
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