Licensing/OPS

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Licensing/OPS
• Pilot
• Proficiency Checking-
• a better way forward
• Fred Selim, JAA Licensing Division

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Pilots are required to maintain their proficiency
  at all times
• ICAO Annex 1 6, JAR-OPS, JAR-FCL
• This is subject to periodic Proficiency Checks

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• What is the objective of this?
• The objective is not the checking in itself.
• The objective is the proficiency.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Why do we consider pilot proficiency ?
• Todays pilots have a vast array of new systems
  to aid them EFIS, FMS, HUD, NVG,
• The cockpit environment also includes MCC and CRM

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• New world, but still old mishaps

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• The positive effect of advanced cockpits on
  descisionmaking is not necessarily obvious

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Just to illustrate the importance of approaching
  a situation with an open mind to flexible
  solutions

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• It is assumed that all pilots involved in mishaps
  have performed their Proficiency Checks.
• In particular, this goes for pilots working for
  AOC holders.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Proficiency Checks gives no guarantee.
• Proficiency does.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• The intention is not to play down the importance
  of the quality control mechanism in Proficiency
  Checking
• Only to put it in perspective as a measuring
  tool, not an objective in it self

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• JAR-OPS places a number of requirements on an AOC
  holder
• Quality system
• Nominated postholders
• Procedural requirements
• Technical requirements
• Inspections from the NAA

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• AOC holders All pilots must perform OPCs every 6
  months on type(s).
• Detailed contents
• Flight Sim. approved by the NAA
• Instructors authorised by the NAA
• Examiners authorised by the NAA
• Organisation approved by the NAA

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• JAR-OPS Limited to AOC holders and pilots
  employed by them
• JAR-FCL Covers all pilots regardless of
  operations

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• The interaction between JAR-OPS and JAR-FCL has
  room for development.
• Areas with interaction
• Authorisation of instructors
• Authorisation of examiners
• JAR-FCL authorises these.
• JAR-OPS makes use of these.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Other interaction Recent experience
  requirements.
• JAR-OPS 1.970/3.970
• (3 landings/90 days)
• This leaves out those not working for an AOC
  holder.
• To cater for these, JAR-FCL 1.026/2.026 was
  introduced.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Active interaction if not covered by OPS then
  satisfactory covered by FCL.
• Corollary If area is already covered by JAR-OPS,
  strive to avoid duplication.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• To benefit from the synergy of JARs, we must
  appreciate when we find that they are mutually
  supportive.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Some examples of mutual support
• JAR-OPS subpart M recognises and makes use of
  JAR-145 approvals
• JAR-FCL recognises and makes use of JAR-STD
  device qualifications
• JAR-OPS subpart N recognises and makes use of
  JAR-FCL authorisations
• JAR-145 recognises and makes use of JAR-66
  licences

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Another area of mutual support
• Quality systems
• JAR-OPS, STD, FCL, 145,.
• Clear through a number of JARS that harmonisation
  between them is anticipated

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• As of today, the formal requirements to be met by
  pilots within AOC holders, consists of two OPCs
  and one LPC every 12 months.
• Combining OPC and LPC usually requires an
  increase in simulator time.
• This time might be better spent on training than
  on checking.

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ICAO Annex 1 already caters for such a
coordination between operations and licensing.
Annex 1, 1.2.5.1, states A contracting
State, having issued a license, shall ensure that
the privileges granted by that license, or by
related ratings, are not exercised unless the
holder maintains competency and meets the
requirements for recent experience established by
that State.
Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003
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Note 1 to 1.2.5.1 states The maintenance
of competency of flight crew members engaged in
commercial air transport operations, may be
satisfactorily established by demonstration of
skill during proficiency flight checks completed
in accordance with Annex 6.
Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003
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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• When JAR-FCL was introduced, JAR-OPS was also
  rather new. We had little experience with how
  these systems would work in real-time.
• Today, we have had several years to see how the
  systems based on JAR-FCL and JAR-OPS perform.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• We should strive to exploit the benefits of
  harmonised JARs.
• We should seriously consider whether the passing
  of an Operators Proficiency Check within an AOC
  organisation could be said to fulfil the
  requirement for a License Proficiency Check for
  revalidation purposes.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• We are in both cases evaluating a pilots
  competence in carrying out normal, abnormal and
  emergency procedures
• (Quote from JAR-OPS)
• The pilot shall have demonstrated the skill
  required for the safe operation of the applicable
  type/class of aircraft
• (Quote from JAR-FCL)

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Within an AOC, the pilot performs his functions
  in one of the most monitored positions in the
  modern world.
• The AOC holders organisation and key personnel
  are closely monitored themselves, by the NAA

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• The whole AOC operation is based upon approvals
  and authorisations by the NAA of both personnel
  and procedures
• The object of the OPC and the LPC are more or
  less identical a degree of competency assuring
  the safe conduct of flights

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• Our ability to recognise the mutual
  supportiveness between JAR-FCL and JAR-OPS in
  this area will also signal that we are able to
  benefit from the dynamic developments in the
  operational and licensing areas without
  compromising flight safety.

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• I hope you agree that it is worth putting some
  effort into developing the necessary text for a
  proposal to amend JAR-FCL 1.245/2.245 to cater
  for the equal treatment of LPCs and OPCs within
  AOCs

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Licensing/Operations Coordination
Meeting Hoofddorp, 30th January 2003

• With a coordinated effort from all involved
  parts, we can achieve great performance!