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Short pages that answer a question from the Prompt Library in the first sentence, cite the primary source for every fact and carry the date the claims were last checked.
Before contracting for a flight, a broker must disclose the operator's corporate name, its capacity (principal or agent) and whether it holds liability insurance covering the charterer and passengers; on request, total cost, third-party fees and, if it is the charterer's agent, carrier ties. Advertisements must say it is a broker; eleven listed practices are unfair or deceptive.
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Stage 1 confirms that the handler's SMS infrastructure is established and that its safety management activities are appropriately targeted; Stage 2 ensures that safety risks are being effectively managed. Both are registrations issued after an independent audit by an IBAC-accredited auditor; Stage 3, optional, verifies that safety management is fully integrated and a positive safety culture is sustained.
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No. 14 CFR § 43.7 names who may approve an N-registered aircraft for return to service: FAA repair station certificate holders among them, plus certain Canadian persons under § 43.17; an EASA Part-145 approval is not on the list. A US shop's EASA approval rides on its FAA certificate under the US–EU bilateral, for products registered or designed in the EU.
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No. The FAA authorizes a certificate holder — the operator — to use electronic signatures, electronic recordkeeping systems and electronic manuals through Operations Specification A025, following Advisory Circular 120-78B. The software is named in the operator's A025, but the authorization is the operator's, and using electronic records at all is optional.
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