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CAR 31 to Part 66: what if your old licence does not show as transitioned? There is a persistent industry myth that an old CAR 31 aircraft maintenance engineer licence can simply be “requalified” if it was never grandfathered into CASR Part 66. That is not the right description of the pathway. The clear position is this: If… Read more: CAR 31 to Part 66: what if your old licence does not show as transitioned?

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