CAMP: Maintenance organization

This regulation sets organizational requirements for program managers operating under a Continuous Airworthiness Maintenance Program (CAMP).

If you perform maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alterations on your program aircraft (or contract someone else to do it), you must have an organization adequate to handle that work. The same applies if you perform required inspections specified in your maintenance manual.

The key requirement is separation of duties: if your organization performs both required inspections and other maintenance work, you must organizationally separate these functions. The people doing required inspections cannot report to the same immediate supervisor as those doing the actual maintenance work, though they may share higher-level oversight.

This separation ensures inspection independence—inspectors aren't pressured by maintenance schedules or supervisors to overlook problems. It's a checks-and-balances system to maintain safety standards in your maintenance program.

*This is a plain-English summary for study only. The official 14 CFR text on this page is controlling — always read the current regulation and consult a CFI.*