Interpret aircraft information, using FAA specifications and type certificate data sheets (TCDS).

Interpretation should be made by locating aircraft information in appropriate maintenance manuals and through online sources, such as the FAA website Links to an external site., and include 

  • Air Transport Association (ATA) iSPEC 2200 standards 
  • TCDS. 

Note: Airlines for America (A4A), formerly the ATA, was the first and remains the only trade organization of the leading U.S. passenger and cargo carriers. While ATA has become A4A, many of the standards and codes have retained the ATA abbreviation.

ACS:

A.M.I.C.S16
A.M.I.I.S6

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