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ADR.OR.F.065 Personnel requirements

Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1234

(a) The organisation responsible for the provision of AMS shall:

(1) appoint an accountable manager, who has the authority to ensure that all activities can be financed and carried out in accordance with the applicable requirements. The accountable manager shall be responsible for establishing and maintaining an effective management system;

(2) nominate a person responsible for the management and supervision of operational services related to apron management;

(3) nominate a person responsible for the development, maintenance and day-to-day management of the safety management system. That person shall act independently of other managers within the organisation, shall have direct access to the accountable manager and to appropriate management for safety matters, and shall be responsible to the accountable manager;

(4) have sufficient and qualified personnel for the planned tasks and activities to be performed in accordance with the applicable requirements;

(5) assign a sufficient number of personnel supervisors to defined duties and responsibilities, taking into account the structure of the organisation and the number of personnel employed;

(6) ensure that personnel involved in the provision of apron management service are adequately trained in accordance with the training programme.

(b) In the case that the aerodrome operator or the air traffic service provider are partially or exclusively providing apron management service, they shall ensure that the requirements of point (a) are included in their established allocation of responsibilities within their management systems.