ARA.ATO.105 Oversight Programme
Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011
The oversight programme for ATOs shall include the monitoring of course standards, including the sampling of training flights with students, if appropriate to the aircraft used.
AMC1 ARA.ATO.105 Oversight programme
ED Decision 2012/006/R
GENERAL
(a) The audit or inspection of an ATO should be conducted on the basis of checking the facility for compliance, interviewing personnel and sampling any relevant training course for its conduct and standard.
(b) In addition to the items required in AMC1 ARA.GEN.310(a), such an audit or inspection should focus on:
(1) information on flight instructors, validity of licences, certificates, ratings and log books;
(2) evidence of sufficient funding;
(3) training aircraft in use, including their registration, associated documents and maintenance records;
(4) aerodromes, operating sites and associated facilities;
(5) facilities with regard to their adequacy to the courses being conducted and number of students;
(6) FSTDs, including their qualification certificates, associated documents and maintenance records;
(7) documentation, in particular documents related to courses, information on the updating system, and training and operations manual(s);
(8) training records and checking forms; and
(9) flight instruction, including pre-briefing, actual flight and debriefing.
ARA.ATO.110 Approval of minimum equipment lists
Regulation (EU) 2020/359
When the competent authority receives an application for approval of a minimum equipment list under points ORO.MLR.105 of Annex III (Part-ORO) and NCC.GEN.101 of Annex VI (Part-NCC) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, it shall act in accordance with point ARO.OPS.205 of Annex II (Part-ARO) to that Regulation.
Regulation (EU) No 290/2012
In addition to the records required in ARA.GEN.220, the competent authority shall include in its system of record-keeping details of courses provided by the ATO, and if applicable, records relating to FSTDs used for training.
AMC1 ARA.ATO.120 Record-keeping
ED Decision 2012/006/R
FSTDs
Records relating to FSTDs should include, as a minimum:
(a) the application for an FSTD qualification;
(b) the FSTD qualification certificate including any changes;
(c) a copy of the evaluation programme listing the dates when evaluations are due and when evaluations were carried out;
(d) initial and recurrent evaluation records;
(e) copies of all relevant correspondence;
(f) details of any exemption and enforcement actions; and
(g) any report from other competent authorities relating to initial and recurrent evaluations.