ARSA is conducting this survey to clarify the economic impact of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency's (EASA) requirement that each new part installed on a higher level assembly during maintenance under the U.S.-E.U. bilateral agreement must be accompanied by an FAA Form 8130-3. More information about this issue is available at arsa.org/mag.

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* 1. How many individual parts does your repair station have in inventory available for installation during maintenance?

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* 2. What is the combined value of those parts (US$)?

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* 3. What percentage of those parts are accompanied by valid FAA Form 8130-3s (i.e., authorized release certificates)?

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* 4. Does your repair station hold an EASA approved maintenance organization certificate issued pursuant to the US-EU bilateral aviation safety agreement?

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* 5. To satisfy EASA's requirement that each new part installed during maintenance in a workscope under the US-EU bilateral must have an FAA Form 8130-3, has your company used FAA designees to inspect parts and issue the required form when the parts are received without a form?

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* 6. If you answered "yes" to the question 5, what is the cost (per form/part) of having an FAA designee generate the FAA Form 8130-3 (US$)?

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* 7. If you answered "yes" to question 5, have you encountered challenges finding FAA designees to generate the FAA Form 8130-3s given current aviation industry workforce shortages?

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* 8. Please use this space to share any additional comments on the economic impact of the EASA parts documentation requirement.

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