AMC1 FPD.OR.105(e) Management system
ED Decision 2020/008/R
GROUND VALIDATION
(a) Ground validation should be always undertaken to ensure compliance with applicable requirements, i.e. to detect errors in criteria and documentation, and evaluate on the ground, to the extent possible, those elements that could be evaluated in a flight validation whenever necessary.
Ground validation should be performed by a person trained in flight procedure design as per FPD.OR.115 other than the one who designed the flight procedure and with appropriate knowledge of flight validation issues.
(b) Ground validation should include a systematic review of the steps and calculation involved in the flight procedure design and its impact, aiming at:
(1) providing assurance that adequate obstacle and terrain clearances have been provided;
(2) verifying that the navigation data (e.g. tracks, distances and altitudes to be flown) to be published are correct;
(3) conducting an assessment of fly-ability to determine that the procedure can be safely flown; and
(4) evaluating the charting, obstacle clearance and other operational factors.