GM1 ORO.GEN.130(b) Changes related to an AOC holder

CHANGES REQUIRING PRIOR APPROVAL

The following GM is a non-exhaustive checklist of items that require prior approval by the competent authority as specified in the applicable Implementing Rules:

(a)     alternative means of compliance;

(b)     procedures regarding items to be notified to the competent authority;

(c)      cabin crew:

(1)     conduct of the training, examination and checking required by Annex V (Part-CC) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011^[52] and issue of cabin crew attestations;

(2)     procedures for cabin crew to operate on four aircraft types;

(3)     training programmes, including syllabi;

(d)     leasing agreements;

(e)     procedure for the use of aircraft included in an AOC by other operators for NCC, NCO and specialised operations, as required by ORO.GEN.310;

(f)      specific approvals in accordance with Annex V (Part-SPA);

(g)     dangerous goods training programmes;

(h)     flight crew:

(1)     alternative training and qualification programmes (ATQPs);

(2)     procedures for flight crew to operate on more than one type or variant;

(3)     training and checking programmes, including syllabi and use of flight simulation training devices (FSTDs);

(i)      fuel schemes and special refuelling or defuelling of aeroplanes;

(j)      helicopter operations:

(1)     over a hostile environment located outside a congested area, unless the operator holds an approval to operate according to Subpart J HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OPERATIONS of Annex V (Part-SPA);

(2)     to/from a public interest site;

(3)     without an assured safe forced landing capability; and

(4)     during refuelling with rotors turning;

[applicable until 24 May 2024 — ED Decision 2022/012/R]

(j)      helicopter operations:

(1)     over a hostile environment located outside a congested area;

(2)     to/from a public interest site located in a congested hostile environment where performance class 1 criteria cannot be met;

(3)     under performance class 2 or 3 without an assured safe forced landing capability;

(4)     that include short excursions above 13 000 ft without using supplemental oxygen within a HEMS mission; and

(5)     during refuelling with rotors turning;

[applicable from 25 May 2024 — ED Decision 2023/007/R]

(k)     mass and balance: standard masses for load items other than standard masses for passengers and checked baggage;

(l)      minimum equipment list (MEL):

(1)     MEL;

(2)     operating other than in accordance with the MEL, but within the constraints of the master minimum equipment list (MMEL);

(3)     rectification interval extension (RIE) procedures;

(m)    minimum flight altitudes:

(1)     the method for establishing minimum flight altitudes;

(2)     descent procedures to fly below specified minimum altitudes;

(n)     performance:

(1)     increased bank angles at take-off (for performance class A aeroplanes);

(2)     short landing operations (for performance class A and B aeroplanes);

(3)     steep approach operations (for performance class A and B aeroplanes);

(4)     reduced required landing distance operations (for performance class A and B aeroplanes);

(o)     isolated aerodrome: using an isolated aerodrome as destination aerodrome for operations with aeroplanes;

(p)     method used to establish aerodrome operating minima;

(q)     approach flight technique:

(1)     all approaches not flown as stabilised approaches for a particular approach to a particular runway;

(2)     non-precision approaches not flown with the continuous descent final approach (CDFA) technique for each particular approach/runway combination;

(r)      maximum distance from an adequate aerodrome for two-engined aeroplanes without an extended range operations with two-engined aeroplanes (ETOPS) approval:

(1)     air operations with two-engined performance class A aeroplanes with a maximum operational passenger seating configuration (MOPSC) of 19 or less and a maximum take-off mass less than 45 360 kg, over a route that contains a point further than 120 minutes from an adequate aerodrome, under standard conditions in still air;

(s)      aircraft categories:

(1)     Applying a lower landing mass than the maximum certified landing mass for determining the indicated airspeed at threshold (VAT).

(t)      commercial air transport operations with single-engined turbine aeroplanes in instrument meteorological conditions or at night (CAT SET-IMC).