FAQ n.19322

The number of staff should be calculated as follows: 

For all sites involved in design and certification activities under the approval: 

All staff involved in:

• Managing the design organisation;
• Drawing, calculating, testing, simulating;
• Producing and verifying compliance documentation;
• Performing airworthiness office tasks; System monitoring.

In addition, for Design subcontractors, the following staff should be counted:

• All staff involved in producing compliance documents;
• All staff involved in verifying compliance documents;
• All staff involved in airworthiness office tasks;
• All staff involved in system monitoring.