The long-awaited Part 21 final rule was released by the FAA on October 16, 2009
Education was the original mission of MARPA. PMA parts are manufactured to the most exacting safety standards in the world: the airworthiness standards of the aviation regulations. Yet, when MARPA was first formed, many people did not understand that PMA parts provided cost savings without compromising safety. In the early days of MARPA, it was important to educate the aviation industry about the rigorous standards applied to both design approval and production quality assurance of PMA parts.
As the industry has accepted PMA parts, MARPA’s mission has grown to address the other needs of the industry, such as working with the FAA to help improve safety standards and ensuring that new standards do not impose significant burdens on the industry without tangible correlative aviation safety benefits.
To help you achieve results for your business, MARPA membership provides:
Located in Washington, DC, MARPA is ideally located to influence FAA policy in a positive directio non behalf of the PMA Community. As the voice of the PMA industry, MARPA maintains excellent relationships with the FAA and has years of experience working in partnership with the FAA to effect positive change that benefits the flying public as well as the PMA industry. The Association participated in the ARAC charged with rewriting Part 21 of the Federal Aviation Regulations and helped to create rulemaking that would facilitate certification of PMA parts and foster a fair regulatory environment for PMA manufacturers.
In addition to its excellent working relationship with FAA Headquarters in Washington, DC, the Association has experience working with FAA field offices to meet safety goals while enhancing the business interests of member companies. MARPA is a resource to industry, providing information to existing member companies about how to effectively work with the FAA, maintain safety, and improve quality.
With a growing roster of members, MARPA represents a significant part of the aviation industry, and one that cannot be ignored. Thanks to its size and effective past and current participation in the government arena, MARPA gives your business a seat at the table where aviation policy is made.
With years of experience, MARPA knows the PMA industry inside and out, along with the external forces affecting it. In addition to providing members with a voice in Washington, MARPA consults with members to build consensus on major issues. In particular, MARPA is focused on strategies for supporting the aviation industry’s safety goals. MARPA takes these positions to aviation policymakers and ensures an optimal regulatory environment for PMA manufacturers.
Additionally, MARPA directly engages members by offering hazardous material training, an annual conference, and periodic other training opportunities. In the future, MARPA will continue to develop and offer further training classes and training benefits for all members.
MARPA’s membership is diverse, and includes manufacturers of a wide variety of components. The association’s membership includes some of the biggest names in the PMA world.
Professionals from these leading PMA companies occupy positions on MARPA’s Board of Directors and serve as committee chairmen and committee members. By providing their expertise, these professionals bring their years of experience to help tackle the major issues affecting the PMA industry.
Members of MARPA also have excellent networking opportunities, especially through the group’s annual conference. These opportunities can help your company find new customers and expand its product base for successful future growth.
MARPA is always on the lookout for regulations, policies, and trends that affect PMA manufacturers. The organization keeps member companies informed and gives advance notice of such issues, so that MARPA and its members can work towards a better environment for PMA manufacturers.
With its robust membership, MARPA has access to a large base of information and statistics affecting the PMA industry. Through MARPA membership, businesses are privy to information reports developed by the Association.
MARPA also releases a monthly publication, the MARPA Supplement. This newsletter highlights some of the major news in the PMA and aviation regulatory world to help keep businesses abreast of the latest trends and issues.
MARPA continues to work on new programs and benefits that it can provide to its members. If you have an idea for a valuable service or benefit that we are not yet offering to out memebrs, please feel free to contact us with your ideas!