CFI A&P
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I'm curious about why you were asked to surrender your repairman, I haven't heard that before. I'm not saying it's wrong or anything, I'm just curious.
To answer your question. The appropriately rated person can always supervise someone working, such as an A&P supervising a non-mechanic working, or a repair station supervising a technician that does not hold a repairman certificate. That's how we get the OJT experience. Even pilots, a certificated pilot can let someone else hold the yoke as long as the pilot understands the legal actions being PIC.
In part 43, it states the privileges and limitations of an A&P. Several examples are stated that an A&P may or may not perform abc, xyz, 123 actions. Some easy examples of the actions that may not be performed by an A&P are overhaul of instruments, a major repair to a propeller, or propeller governor. Those actions must be performed by a part 145 repair station. So the return to service is signed by the repair station. Since it is a repair station that is servicing these items all that is needed is a repairman issued for that employee working for that repair station. The repair station I work for, overhauls components that can not be performed by A&P's. However, if the repair station performed normal maintenance, the I think your right, A&P trumps repairman. I'll ask around about that. But I don't think so and this is why- I earned my repairman before the A&P, but I have a co-worker that was an A&P before becoming a repairman and he still earned the repairman to sign paperwork as a repairman and not A&P.
To answer your question. The appropriately rated person can always supervise someone working, such as an A&P supervising a non-mechanic working, or a repair station supervising a technician that does not hold a repairman certificate. That's how we get the OJT experience. Even pilots, a certificated pilot can let someone else hold the yoke as long as the pilot understands the legal actions being PIC.
In part 43, it states the privileges and limitations of an A&P. Several examples are stated that an A&P may or may not perform abc, xyz, 123 actions. Some easy examples of the actions that may not be performed by an A&P are overhaul of instruments, a major repair to a propeller, or propeller governor. Those actions must be performed by a part 145 repair station. So the return to service is signed by the repair station. Since it is a repair station that is servicing these items all that is needed is a repairman issued for that employee working for that repair station. The repair station I work for, overhauls components that can not be performed by A&P's. However, if the repair station performed normal maintenance, the I think your right, A&P trumps repairman. I'll ask around about that. But I don't think so and this is why- I earned my repairman before the A&P, but I have a co-worker that was an A&P before becoming a repairman and he still earned the repairman to sign paperwork as a repairman and not A&P.
