Why use a regulatory approach for the Technical Airworthiness Program?
A regulatory approach is the most common method employed to implement the concepts and principles in an airworthiness program. To regulate means to control by rule, and it involves using regulations, orders, directives and standards to control airworthiness-related activities. A regulatory approach for controlling airworthiness-related activities includes the following three distinct roles of a Regulator, Implementor and Investigator. The regulatory approach is used as it: • provides a better legal basis, clearly setting apart airworthiness requirements; • provides more flexibility as you can assign authority outside DND and the CF; • provides a wide application in that it defines what must be done, not how it is done; and • facilitates formal assignment of authority framework allowing alignment with non-DND or non-CF airworthiness programs.
A regulatory approach is the most common method employed to implement the concepts and principles in an airworthiness program. To regulate means to control by rule, and it involves using regulations, orders, directives and standards to control airworthiness-related activities. A regulatory approach for controlling airworthiness-related activities includes the following three distinct roles of a Regulator, Implementor and Investigator.The regulatory approach is used as it: • provides a better legal basis, clearly setting apart airworthiness requirements; • provides more flexibility as you can assign authority outside DND and the CF; • provides a wide application in that it defines what must be done, not how it is done; and • facilitates formal assignment of authority framework allowing alignment with non-DND or non-CF airworthiness programs.
