Title: Future Vision of Operations Initiatives
1Future Vision of Operations Initiatives
- Mont J. Smith
- Director, Safety
2Contents of the Presentation
- The Challenge for Us All
- Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs
- Implications of FAA and EASA Part 129
Regulations - Regulation of Bizjet, Fractional Ownership,
Microjet Operators - Avoiding Over-Regulation in a Tenuous
Cost-Benefit Environment
3THE CHALLENGE FOR US ALL
- March 3rd, 2005
- The institutional and regulatory obstacles we
face are significant. We all call on our
governments to work with the airlines in
addressing them, for the good of the public, the
traveling public and, ultimately, our economies. - James C. May,
- Air Transport Association
- Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus,
- Association of European Airlines
4Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs
- Lessons should be learned from the current
automatic ELT debacle - Future SARPs need thorough analysis before
adoption - Can a more optimal partnering arrangement be
created to assess cost vs. benefit (risk
reduction)?
5Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs
- Could ICAO adopt EASA/JAAs Regulatory Impact
Assessment (RIA) methodology? - Purpose and Intended Effect
- Options
- Sectors affected
- Impacts
- Consultation
- Review of Comments
- Adoption and Publication
6Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs
- Could ICAO adopt FAAs Aviation Rulemaking
Advisory Committee (ARAC) approach?
7Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs
- U.S. Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST)
- Could ICAO adopt CAST approach?
- A prescribed analysis methodology is used to
develop intervention strategies - Feasibility is assessed and a plan of action is
created - A risk-reduction algorithm is applied
8Implications of Part 129 Regulations
- Foreign airlines, after receiving traffic rights
from the US DOT, require detailed Ops Specs,
issued by FAA, in addition to the AOC issued by
the national authority legally responsible for
oversight. - 14USC Part 129 rules on foreign air carriers
could likely generate a retaliatory regulatory
effect
9Implications of Part 129 Regulations
- US Part 129 largely deals with required onboard
technology / equippage - These safety-related requirements are already
reasonably oriented toward global
harmonizationnot a roadblock
10Implications of Part 129 Regulations
- The Ops Spec portion primarily addresses
- airports to be used
- Routes to be flown
- Procedures in place to avoid airborne collision
- Registration and markings signifying compliance
- Approval is often time-consuming inefficient
- The safety implications are relatively minimal
- Could we borrow a page from the Australia/ New
Zealand approach briefed yesterday?
11Implications of Part 129 Regulations
- Is a higher level of trust, coordination, and
verification potentially possible? - Can these few Ops Spec requirements be acquired
from the AOC? - Can approval and oversight be delegated downward
several levels? - Can compliance be verified in an easier way?
- Can the process be incentivized?
12Regulation of Bizjet, Fractional Ownership,
Microjet Operators
13Regulation of Bizjet, Fractional Ownership,
Microjet Operators
- Goal should be One Level of Safety and
Operational Expectation - Sharing the airspace through government
-encouraged development should result in parity - Any oversight shortfall affects the overall
system risk
14Avoiding Over-Regulation in a Tenuous
Cost-Benefit Environment
- EASA Long Range Operations (LROPS) rules
- ETOPS requirements on 3 and 4 engine aircraft
- When operated beyond 180 minutes from an adequate
airport - FAA proposed ETOPS rule
- Defines Extended Operations (all
extended-diversion-time aircraft) and ETOPS
alternate airports to accommodate diversions - Introduces required upgrades
15Avoiding Over-Regulation in a Tenuous
Cost-Benefit Environment
- Is this a bit too much of a good thingor
trying to go too far, too fast? - Most new-production aircraft intended for this
market can leverage the new technology - The cost to retrofit older aircraft for
compliance before retirement is too great a
financial burden for the industry
16Future Vision of Operations Initiatives
- THANK YOU FOR YOUR
- KIND ATTENTION AND
- DISCUSSION.