LifeFlight Engineering operations recognised at international standard

A significant milestone has been achieved by the LifeFlight Approved Maintenance Organisation (AMO) team, which has been granted CASA Part 145 approval. The new approval demonstrates the LifeFlight AMO is operating to internationally recognised aviation regulations. “Working to Part 145 requirements brings good business practices, focuses on safety, training and human factors management,” said Engineering Operations Manager, Michael Dopking. The CASA Civil Aviation Safety Regulations (CASR), Parts 42, 66, 145 and 147 regulations introduced an outcome-based approach to aviation safety and brings flexibility to how maintenance organisations can achieve regulatory compliance. Until recently, RPT operators such as international and commercial airlines were the main organisations which had transitioned to Part 145. For the past five years, although approved as a CASA CAR 30 organisation, the Engineering Department of LifeFlight has been operating to many of the Part 145 requirements, such as human factors management and tool control. Surat Gas Aeromedical Service (SGAS) and Queensland Health, organisations to which LifeFlight is contracted, have Aviation Standards which draw heavily from the EASA and CASA Part 145 Regulations. So, while LifeFlight has already been practicing the requirements of Part 145, the approval granted by CASA is the official recognition that the processes, procedures, people