For the purpose of this Part, the competent authority shall be: 1. for organisations having their principal place of business in a Member State, the authority designated by that Member State, or; 2. for organisations having their principal place of business located in a third country, the Agency. AMC 145.1 General A competent authority may be a ministry, a national aviation authority, or any aviation body designated by the Member State and located within that Member State. A Member State may designate more than one competent authority to cover different areas of responsibility, as long as the designation decision contains a list of the competencies of each authority and there is only one competent authority responsible for each given area of responsibility.
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ENGINEER (AME) An aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) is a person licensed to ensure that aircraft is airworthy in accordance with local and international aviation standards. Various terms are used to describe Aircraft Maintenance Engineer. Aircraft Maintenance Technician is used in the Europe and in united States of America. Some part of the world AME’s are also called licensed Aircraft engineers (LAME). All aircraft, with the exception of certain homebuilt and ultralight planes, must carry a valid Certificate of Airworthiness and now an Airworthiness Review Certificate to be legally allowed to fly.In order for this certificate to remain valid, all maintenance on the aircraft must be certified by a licensed AME. All aircraft are maintained periodically in accordance with the Aircraft Maintenance Schedule which comes from the manufacturer of the aircraft and must be approved by loca...