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References
- 1 2 ICAO Personnel Licensing FAQ. (retrieved 22 December 2015)
- 1 2 3 FAA Aviation Maintenance Technician Handbook – General, Chapter 12: Publications, Forms, and Records Archived 21 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine , Page 12-20, CFR Part 43 – Maintenance, Preventive Maintenance, Rebuilding, and Alteration, §43.17 Maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations performed on U.S. aeronautical products by certain Canadian persons: "This section was significantly revised in 2005 as the result of a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) between the United States and Canada. The two countries have enjoyed a long and professional relationship with respect to reciprocal aviation maintenance activity. This section of part 43 both defines some terms and gives specific limitations as to what an aviation maintenance engineer (AME is the Canadian equivalent to the U.S. A&P) may do to maintain U.S.-registered aircraft located in Canada. It also provides similar limitations for an Approved Maintenance Organization. (AMO is the Canadian equivalent to the U.S.-certified repair stations.)"
- ↑ Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, Sunsea Aviation Services Ltd. (retrieved 5 August 2022)
- ↑ Transport Canada (July 2010). "Canadian Aviation Regulations Part IV – Personnel Licensing and Training – Subpart 3 – Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Licences and Ratings". Archived from the original on 16 January 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ↑ Transport Canada (July 2010). "Part V – Airworthiness Manual Chapter 566 – Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) Licensing and Training" . Retrieved 22 February 2011.
- ↑ How to be An Aircraft Maintenance Engineer, Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand, 1999.
- ↑ Maintenance Engineer, IAA. (Retrieved 11 June 2021)
- ↑ AMROBA discussion document, 2013: "The vast majority of [Asian] countries have ‘adopted’ the European Aviation Safety Authority (EASA) Part 66/147 aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) licensing and training requirements."