ED Decision 2016/006/R
SPECIFIC FLIGHT OPERATIONS INSPECTOR QUALIFICATION
(a) The following characteristics should be considered in order to establish aircraft types/classes with similar technical and operational characteristics:
(1) Engine technology;
(2) Certification basis;
(3) Level of automation;
(4) Flight controls logic (e.g. fly-by-wire, conventional, etc.); and
(5) Size and mass of the aircraft (e.g. maximum take-off mass, wake turbulence category, etc.).
(b) The following factors should be considered with regard to knowledge of the route and area:
(1) Climatological conditions, e.g. exceptionally cold weather;
(2) Availability of adequate aerodromes and their specific features, e.g. high elevation, poor English/communication capability, exceptional approach procedures;
(3) Navigational procedures, including PBN requirements, ETOPS and extended diversion time requirements;
(4) Communication procedures, including required communication performance, any specific and contingency procedures, e.g. loss of communication, drift down, oxygen escape; and
(5) Equipment requirements related to search and rescue, e.g. polar, desert operations, oceanic, remote areas.
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