guidance is necessary to enable its use. When evaluating an applicant, certificate holder’s or designee’s procedures to use VCT, or when evaluating your own use of VCT, aviation safety inspectors (ASIs) should apply critical thinking and interdependence to foster consistent decisions for proper use of VCT.” The AFX memo is not prescriptive


regarding “proper use,” but instead provides a series of questions and considerations for both government and industry to consider when applying remote connectivity resources for both live and recorded/ asynchronous uses. Though presented differently, these guidelines reflect the baseline standards proposed by ARSA and its industry partners in 2018, focusing on task accomplishment in


situations where necessary “coverage and content” is sufficient to complete the relevant activity using remote tools. [Both the AFX and AIR documents are available via ARSA’s webpage covering the issue at arsa. org/remote-connectivity.]


The bottom line is that the agency can allow the use of any technology that achieves the purpose of the regulation and will be part of an application or showing of compliance. The AFS and AIR policies are steps on the path the industry should be pursuing (and where it needs the government to go). To improve efficiency, productivity and safety, ARSA encourages the maintenance industry to utilize this guidance and readily available technical capabilities to request


routine approvals and surveillance activities from the FAA during periods when inspectors are unable to interact face-to-face. While doing so, be sure to document all communications with agency personnel regarding remote oversight. Should an inspector reject or defer progress, contact ARSA.


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