An aircraft maintenance programme defines every scheduled inspection, check and component replacement for a specific aircraft, with intervals in flight hours, cycles or calendar time. Under EASA it is a controlled document the CAMO (or owner under Part-ML) maintains and the ARC review verifies.
An Aircraft Maintenance Programme (AMP) is the controlled document defining every scheduled maintenance requirement for a specific aircraft: inspections, checks, component replacements, overhauls and mandatory items, each with its interval in flight hours, cycles, landings or calendar time. Under EASA, the AMP is developed from the manufacturer's maintenance data plus mandatory requirements (ADs, ALS items) and operational adjustments, and is either approved by the authority/CAMO (Part-M) or declared by the owner (Part-ML).
The AMP is the reference against which everything else is measured: the due list is generated from it, maintenance is performed to it, and the airworthiness review verifies compliance with it. When usage or configuration changes — new avionics, different mission profile, ageing fleet — the AMP must be revised to match, with the revision itself documented.
Why it matters for flight schools
Every airworthiness review starts by putting actual maintenance history against the AMP — and gaps between the declared programme and reality are the most common category of review findings. The deeper operational point: the AMP is a planning instrument. A school that knows its AMP intervals cold can forecast the fleet's maintenance load months ahead — engine overhauls, prop inspections, calendar items — and budget downtime and cost deliberately instead of reactively.
How FlightLogger handles it
FL Maintenance holds the AMP as structured data per aircraft: every requirement with its interval, tracked against live hours and cycles, generating the due list automatically and proving compliance at review time.
Frequently asked questions
Who approves the aircraft maintenance programme?
Under Part-M, the competent authority or an appropriately privileged CAMO approves it. Under Part-ML, the owner may self-declare the programme (or delegate to a CAMO/CAO), taking responsibility for its adequacy — mandatory items like ADs must still be incorporated.
How often must the AMP be reviewed?
At least annually in most frameworks, and whenever ADs, manufacturer revisions, configuration changes or usage changes make the current programme inadequate. The airworthiness review checks both compliance with and adequacy of the programme.