amendment, suspension, or action that amended, termination. suspended, or terminated (c) Except as provided in the operation specification paragraph (f) of this section to the appropriate United for an amendment, States Court of Appeals as a suspension, or final order of the termination of an operations Administrator under 49 specification in the U.S.C. 46110(a). certificate-holding district Because the FAA is office finds that an proposing to remove the emergency exists requiring course curriculum items immediate action, when the from the appendices of part FAA initiates an amendment, 147 and require that all suspension, or termination course curriculum items be of an operations placed in each school's specification, the following operations specifications, all procedure applies: certificated aviation (1) The certificate-holding maintenance technician district office notifies the schools would be required certificate holder in writing to submit new curriculums of the proposed amendment, to the FAA for approval. suspension, or termination. Current FAA Advisory (2) The certificate-holding Circular AC 147-3A district office sets a (Certification and Operation reasonable period (but not of Aviation Maintenance less than 7 days) within Technician Schools) lists the which the certificate holder course curriculum items may submit written from the appendices, and information, views, and suggests acceptable options arguments on the proposed to the curriculums. This amendment, suspension, or Advisory Circular is currently termination. undergoing revision by the (3) After considering the FAA. If this proposed rule material presented, the becomes final, the FAA will certificate-holding district further revise this Advisory office notifies the certificate Circular to provide guidance holder of― on how the schools can (i) The adoption of the develop the required proposed amendment, curriculums based on the suspension, or termination; existing course content
amendment, suspension, or termination. (c) Except as provided in paragraph (f) of this section for an amendment, suspension, or termination of an operations specification in the certificate-holding district office finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action, when the FAA initiates an amendment, suspension, or termination of an operations specification, the following procedure applies: (1) The certificate-holding district office notifies the certificate holder in writing of the proposed amendment, suspension, or termination. (2) The certificate-holding district office sets a reasonable period (but not less than 7 days) within which the certificate holder may submit written information, views, and arguments on the proposed amendment, suspension, or termination. (3) After considering the material presented, the certificate-holding district office notifies the certificate holder of― (i) The adoption of the proposed amendment, suspension, or termination; action that amended, suspended, or terminated the operation specification to the appropriate United States Court of Appeals as a final order of the Administrator under 49 U.S.C. 46110(a). Because the FAA is proposing to remove the course curriculum items from the appendices of part 147 and require that all course curriculum items be placed in each school's operations specifications, all certificated aviation maintenance technician schools would be required to submit new curriculums to the FAA for approval. Current FAA Advisory Circular AC 147-3A (Certification and Operation of Aviation Maintenance Technician Schools) lists the course curriculum items from the appendices, and suggests acceptable options to the curriculums. This Advisory Circular is currently undergoing revision by the FAA. If this proposed rule becomes final, the FAA will further revise this Advisory Circular to provide guidance on how the schools can develop the required curriculums based on the existing course content
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