Aviation and rail: operating-document dossiers · France / Switzerland
Aircraft airworthiness: maintenance and records
Continuing-airworthiness preparation links a manned aircraft and its actual use to the maintenance programme, mandatory actions and technical records. French and Swiss files must use their applicable regulatory versions; Swiss incorporation cannot be inferred from every new EU publication. Identify the responsible arrangement and trace performed work to release documents. The record supports technical and legal review, without certifying the aircraft fit for flight.
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What maintenance programme and revision govern the period reviewed?
France: record the maintenance programme and revision governing each period of work. Switzerland: retain the actual selected programme and its applicable framework; a newly downloaded manual does not establish which version governed a past maintenance task.
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Which continuing-airworthiness regime applies to the identified aircraft and use?
France: identify aircraft, registration, category and use before selecting the continuing-airworthiness regime. Switzerland: LA 57 and LA 58 provide the national foundation alongside incorporated rules; a regime applicable to another aircraft or operation must not be assumed to cover this file.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
What maintenance programme and revision govern the period reviewed?
France: record the maintenance programme and revision governing each period of work. Switzerland: retain the actual selected programme and its applicable framework; a newly downloaded manual does not establish which version governed a past maintenance task.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
Continuing-airworthiness evidence record
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- Jurisdiction
- France
- Aircraft and use
- Manned aircraft A, use U1
- Applicable programme
- Programme P1, revision V2
- Work and directives
- File T1, directive C1
- Release record
- Document R1, restrictions to check
The record supports technical and legal review, without certifying the aircraft fit for flight.
Which airworthiness directives and mandatory actions are recorded?
France: associate each identified directive with aircraft or equipment applicability and completion evidence. Switzerland: retain the corresponding actual directive status under the applicable regime; merely listing a directive does not prove that its required action has been accomplished.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
Preparation reference: Continuing-airworthiness evidence record
| Preparation question | Point to verify |
|---|---|
| Which continuing-airworthiness regime applies to the identified aircraft and use? | France: identify aircraft, registration, category and use before selecting the continuing-airworthiness regime. Switzerland: LA 57 and LA 58 provide the national foundation alongside incorporated rules; a regime applicable to another aircraft or operation must not be assumed to cover this file. |
| What maintenance programme and revision govern the period reviewed? | France: record the maintenance programme and revision governing each period of work. Switzerland: retain the actual selected programme and its applicable framework; a newly downloaded manual does not establish which version governed a past maintenance task. |
| Which airworthiness directives and mandatory actions are recorded? | France: associate each identified directive with aircraft or equipment applicability and completion evidence. Switzerland: retain the corresponding actual directive status under the applicable regime; merely listing a directive does not prove that its required action has been accomplished. |
| Who is responsible under the CAMO, CAO or other applicable arrangement? | France: compare the management contract, organisation scope and owner or operator responsibilities rather than assuming every aircraft needs the same CAMO or CAO arrangement. Switzerland: identify the actual authorised organisation and assigned functions, preserving the chosen national and incorporated scope. |
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
Who is responsible under the CAMO, CAO or other applicable arrangement?
France: compare the management contract, organisation scope and owner or operator responsibilities rather than assuming every aircraft needs the same CAMO or CAO arrangement. Switzerland: identify the actual authorised organisation and assigned functions, preserving the chosen national and incorporated scope.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
Which official provision helps explain this situation?
Continuing-airworthiness preparation links a manned aircraft and its actual use to the maintenance programme, mandatory actions and technical records. French and Swiss files must use their applicable regulatory versions; Swiss incorporation cannot be inferred from every new EU publication. Identify the responsible arrangement and trace performed work to release documents. The record supports technical and legal review, without certifying the aircraft fit for flight.
How do performed tasks connect to technical logs and release documents?
France: link work order, performed task, aircraft or component, date and release record. Switzerland: preserve that same traceable chain; an invoice or an isolated technical-log line may not establish the full authorised scope or release signatory.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
What deferred defects, life limits or continuing restrictions remain?
France: keep deferred defects, life limits and restrictions visible with their documented status. Switzerland: preserve the applicable unresolved conditions as well; this worksheet neither extends a limit nor calculates a maintenance deadline or technical permission to fly.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
Which records must follow an aircraft or management transfer?
France: inventory programme versions, logs, task records, directive status and restrictions for the transfer being prepared. Switzerland: identify records actually delivered, promised or missing in the ownership or management change; the inventory does not itself complete every regulatory transfer duty.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
What prevents a complete-looking maintenance file from proving every flight is authorised?
France: a complete-looking file does not establish that every flight is authorised. Switzerland: the same documentary limitation remains alongside the airworthiness checks required by LA 58. Technical assessment and competent release must stay separate from this preparation record.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
What other questions arise in this file?
What maintenance programme and revision govern the period reviewed?
France: record the maintenance programme and revision governing each period of work. Switzerland: retain the actual selected programme and its applicable framework; a newly downloaded manual does not establish which version governed a past maintenance task.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
Who is responsible under the CAMO, CAO or other applicable arrangement?
France: compare the management contract, organisation scope and owner or operator responsibilities rather than assuming every aircraft needs the same CAMO or CAO arrangement. Switzerland: identify the actual authorised organisation and assigned functions, preserving the chosen national and incorporated scope.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
What deferred defects, life limits or continuing restrictions remain?
France: keep deferred defects, life limits and restrictions visible with their documented status. Switzerland: preserve the applicable unresolved conditions as well; this worksheet neither extends a limit nor calculates a maintenance deadline or technical permission to fly.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
What prevents a complete-looking maintenance file from proving every flight is authorised?
France: a complete-looking file does not establish that every flight is authorised. Switzerland: the same documentary limitation remains alongside the airworthiness checks required by LA 58. Technical assessment and competent release must stay separate from this preparation record.
DGAC : création d’une compagnie aérienneLoi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1
Which official references should you consult?
- DGAC : création d’une compagnie aériennewww.ecologie.gouv.fr
- Loi fédérale sur l’aviation (LA), RS748.0 : 57, 58www.fedlex.admin.ch
- Accord Suisse–Communauté européenne sur le transport aérien, RS0.748.127.192.68 : 1www.fedlex.admin.ch
Texts cited last checked: 3 November 2026