Rules & Regulations.
App 1 (New) to OPS 1.430
On 16th July 2011, App 1 (New) to OPS 1.430 came into effect replacing App 1 (Old) to OPS 1.430. In some countries, notably the United Kingdom, compliance was mandatory from that date and all operators, both private and commercial, had to ensure that their Operations Manuals contained material reflecting the new requirements.
App1 (New) to OPS 1.430 addresses the determination of Aerodrome Operating Minima (AOM) and it is not acceptable to just state that your pilots should use the Jeppesen minima. You must explain what the minima represent and how they are calculated.
AirScript has such material available and ready to be integrated with your existing Operations Manual and it can be tailored according to the sophistication of your operation. So, whether you operate to CAT I only or have a HUD and operate to the new Lower than CAT II minima, we have what you need.
Please contact us for further details about this new regulation.
IR-OPS
A series of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) implementing rules applying to most aeroplanes and helicopters registered in a European Union Member State and to most non-European aircraft operating into or within the European Union will come into effect next year, at the earliest from 8th April 2012. These implementing rules relate to Regulation (EC) No. 216/2008, as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1108/2009. The first set of rules will apply to Commercial Air Transport (CAT) operations.
Although the implementing rules relating to CAT are due to enter into force next April, there will be transitional periods built into the associated European Regulation. It is planned that Member States will have two years during which CAT operators must ensure that their operations are brought into compliance with the new rules and, in turn, National Aviation Authorities will grant new Air Operator’s Certificates (AOCs). Applications for a new AOC made after 8th April 2012 will not be allowed a grace period and will have to comply immediately.
Many of the changes to the current requirements (EU-OPS) will not be very significant but some of the new requirements will be quite different – especially in the area of cabin crew and cabin safety. However, taken as a whole, they do mean that most operators will have to make a large number of amendments to, or possibly re-write their Operations Manuals.
AirScript will have complete IR-OPS compliant Operations Manuals available from the end of 2011 and this might be a good time to consider making that clean sweep that you have been considering for some time. It might also be the time to move to electronic Operations Manuals rather than to continue to use the traditional paper versions.
The AirScript IR-OPS manuals will be available in a variety of formats including PDF and XML and they will be competitively priced.
Please monitor our website and Twitter page for the latest news. Not all the IR-OPS requirements have been published yet in their final version so we cannot, at this stage, give a date for when our IR-OPS manuals will be available but it will be this year.
Please contact us for further details about this new regulation.
