General comments received indicated the proposed amendments were well constructed and that providing an exclusion removal self-study pathway for applicants would be a good step forward for industry.
The proposal will reintroduce a level of flexibility for aircraft maintenance engineer training and licensing without decreasing any existing training and experience standards.
Next steps
Based on the comments received, we will proceed with the proposed amendment to regulation 66.072 of CASR and the related amendments to the Part 66 MOS.
Commencement of this proposal to permit self-study to be used for exclusion removal is expected to occur during 2026 with timing dependent on the legislative change process.
The proposed updates to the type-rated aircraft types and type rating endorsement tables provided in Appendix IX of the Part 66 MOS will be made in a separate Part 66 MOS Amendment Instrument before the end of 2025.
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