Safety Recommendation
The ATSB recommends that CASA review its airworthiness
surveillance processes and Certificate of Approval assessment
processes to ensure that it provides specific guidelines to assist
CASA inspectors to assess whether a maintenance organisation has
adequate personnel resources to conduct its required
activities.
In addition to the information provided in CASA's response to
recommendation R20040066, it should be noted that civil aviation
legislation does not prescribe how many staff any organisation
should employ within their organisation. The number of personnel
each organisation should have is the responsibility of the
certificate holder and dependent upon the individual management
experience, type of work, processes involved, and the certification
required.
To make a successful determination as to whether an organisation
has adequate personnel resources (both in terms of competency and
numbers), CASA relies primarily on the experience of the Inspector
who conducts the audit and audit findings.
Inspectors have extensive experience in a number of organisations
and are therefore the most qualified to determine whether an
organisation has adequate staff.
