Subpart A

 General

 

143.1 Applicability

(a)      This Part prescribes rules governing the certification and operation of organizations conducting air navigation services training and assessments that are required by Egyptian Civil Aviation Regulations to be conducted by an organization certificated under this Part.

(b)      Under this part applicant may apply to have an Air Navigation Services Training Organization (ANSTO) certificate to conduct training and assessment for one or more of the following air navigation services domains:

(1)      Air Traffic Control (ATC) Training.

(2)      Aeronautical Information Service (AIS) Training.

(3)      Aeronautical Communication (ACOM) Training.

(4)      Air transportation (ATR) Training.

 

143.3 The need for Certificate

No person may operate as a certificated ANSTO without, or in violation of, an ANSTO certificate issued under this part.

 

143.5 Application for ANSTO Certificate

Each applicant for the grant of an ANSTO certificate shall complete Appendix F_Form 2 and submit it to the Chairman of ECAA with payment of the appropriate application fee prescribed by regulations made under the Egyptian Fees Law, together with Training organization Exposition Manual required by 143.63.

 
143.7 Application for amendment or renewal of Certificate

(a)    An application for the amendment or renewal of an ANSTO certificate shall be made on Appendix F_Form 2.

(b)    The application shall be submitted to the ECAA before the application renewal date specified in the certificate or, if no such date is specified, not less than 30 days before the certificate expires.

 

143.9 Issue of Certificate

An applicant is entitled to an ANSTO certificate if the ECAA is satisfied that:

(a)    The applicant, and any senior person or persons required by 143.51(A)  (1) and  (2), are fit and proper persons; and

(b)    The applicant meets the requirements of Subpart B; and

(c)    The granting of the certificate is not contrary to the interests of Air Navigation safety.

 

143.11 Privileges of certificate

The ANSTO certificate specifies the training courses and assessments that the holder is authorized to conduct.

 
143.13 Duration of Certificate.

(a)    An ANSTO certificate may be granted for a period of up to two calendar years.

(b)    An ANSTO certificate remains in force until it expires or is surrendered, suspended or revoked.

(c)    Unless surrendered, suspended, or revoked, an ANSTO certificate expires:

(1) On the last day of the 24th calendar month from the month the certificate was issued;

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (D) of this section, on the date that any change in ownership of the ANSTO occurs;

(3) On the date of any change in the facilities upon which the ANSTO's certificate is based occurs; or

(4) Upon notice by the ECAA that the ANSTO has failed for more than 60 days to maintain the facilities, or personnel required for any one of the ANSTO's approved training courses.

 

(a)    A change in the ownership of an ANSTO certificate does not terminate that certificate if, within 30 days after the date that any change in ownership of the ANSTO occurs:

(1) Application is made for an appropriate amendment to the certificate; and

(2) No change in the facilities, personnel, or approved training courses is involved.

(b)   An examining authority issued to the holder of an ANSTO certificate expires on the date that the ANSTO certificate expires, or is surrendered, suspended, or revoked.

(c)  The holder of an ANSTO that is revoked shall forthwith surrender the certificate to the ECAA.

(d)  The holder of an ANSTO certificate that is suspended shall forthwith produce the certificate to the ECAA for appropriate endorsement.

 
143.15 Renewal of Certificates

An ANSTO may have its certificate renewed for an additional 24 calendar months if the ECAA determines the ANSTO's personnel, facility, approved training courses, training records, and recent training ability and quality meet the requirements of this part.

 

143.17   Air Navigation Services Training Organization (ANSTO) Courses

(a)    All Air Navigation Services Training Courses leading to the grant of an Egyptian License, certificate, rating and/or rating endorsement shall be approved by the ECAA (Ref. Appendix B - Approved training courses). Other courses may be accepted by ECAA subject that, their objectives will comply with the current ECAA rules and regulations.

(b)    For the purpose of having approval or acceptance, ANSTO are required to submit, in the form of a Course Design Document (Appendix C), their proposed courses of training to the ECAA.

 
143.19   Display of certificate

(a)    Each holder of an ANSTO certificate must display that certificate in a place that is normally accessible to the public and is not obscured.

(b)    A certificate must be made available for inspection upon request by the ECAA.

 
143.21 Safety inspections and audits

(a)    The ECAA may require in writing the holder of an ANSTO certificate to undergo or carry out such inspections and audits of the holder’s facilities, including simulators, documents and records as the ECAA considers necessary in the interests of civil aviation safety and security in accordance with relevant ECARs.

 (b)   The ECAA may require the holder of an ANSTO certificate to provide such information as the ECAA considers relevant to the inspection or audit.

 
143.23   Advertising limitations

(a)    The holder of an ANSTO certificate may not make any statement relating to its certification and ratings that is false or designed to mislead any person contemplating enrollment in that training.

(b)    The holder of an ANSTO certificate may not advertise that the Training organization is certificated unless it clearly differentiates between courses that have been approved under ECAR part 143 and those that have not been approved under ECAR part 143.

(c)    The holder of an ANSTO certificate must promptly remove:

(1)  From vacated premises, all signs indicating that the Training organization was certificated by the ECAA; or

(2)  All indications (including signs), wherever located, that the Training organization is certificated by the ECAA when its certificate has expired or has been surrendered, suspended, or revoked.

 
143.25 Business office and Satellite training center

(a)    Each holder of an ANSTO must maintain a principal business office with a mailing address in the name shown on its certificate.

(b)    The facilities and equipment at the principal business office must be adequate to maintain the files and records required to operate the business of the Training organization.

(c)    The principal business office may not be shared with, or used by, another Training organization.

(d)    Before changing the location of the principal business office each certificate holder must notify ECAA the new location, and the notice must be:

(1)  Submitted in writing at least 30 days before the change of location; and

(2)  Accompanied by any amendments needed for the certificate holder's approved training course outline.

(e)A certificate holder may conduct training at a Satellite training center other than the one specified in its certificate, if:

(1)  The ECAA has inspected and approved the Satellite training center for use by the certificate holder; and

(2)  The course of training and any needed amendments have been approved for use at that center.

 
 143.31 Exemptions

The ECAA may exempt any person from any requirement in this Part following the procedures prescribed in Part 11.