GM1 FPD.OR.100 Flight procedure
design (FPD) services
ED Decision 2020/008/R
GENERAL
(a) If the flight procedure(s) or a change thereto result in a change to the functional system of an ATS provider, a safety assessment of the change to the functional system in accordance with ATS.OR.205 needs to be carried out by that ATS provider before the deployment of that flight procedure.
(b) In other situations, the organisations that perform the safety assessment may vary. For instance, the safety assessment of the a change of flight procedure(s) at an aerodrome may be performed by the aerodrome operator as per ADR.OR.B.040(f) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 or as per national legislation for aerodromes that are not certified in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014.
(c) An approval may not be required, when there are minor changes, including but not limited to:
(1) publication of new standard instrument departures (SIDs), as a result of shortening already published SIDs;
(2) incorporation in existing standard instrument arrivals (STARs) routes of segments already published in other STARs, with altitudes equal to or higher than those published;
(3) change in the procedure approach chart identification: transition planning for change to instrument flight procedure approach chart identification from RNAV to RNP, according to ICAO Circular 353; and
(4) removal of segments of SID or STAR to the flight procedures.
EASA flight procedure design requires safety assessments for changes impacting air traffic service systems before deployment. Aerodrome operators may assess changes at aerodromes. Minor changes like shortened departures or incorporating existing arrival segments might not require approval, streamlining procedure updates.
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