DESCRIPTION
This 13-day course, designed for operations
inspectors, covers the basic concepts
and steps involved in certificating an air
transport operator. Participants will be
taught the five-phase certification process
based upon ICAO recommended practices
and Model Civil Aviation
Regulations (MCARs). During the
course, participants will follow a “mock
operator” seeking certification throughout
each phase of the certification
process. Exercises will be conducted in
which participants must evaluate excerpts
of the mock operator’s manuals and
observations of the operator’s demonstrations
to ensure compliance with the
MCARs and advisory material. This
course was designed using the ICAO
TRAINAIR course development
methodology.
OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this course, participants
will be able to:
- Evaluate Perspective Operators Pre-Assessment Statement forms for acceptability.
- Identify Pre-Application Meeting
Objectives.
- Conduct a cursory review of the packages
and, from the review, evaluate the
quality of one package and identify formal
application meeting objectives for
the other package.
- Evaluate narrative and reference statements.
- Conduct an in-depth evaluation of an
excerpt from a mock Operations
Manual.
- Evaluate a sample curriculum segment
from a mock operator’s training programme.
- Evaluate an excerpt of a mock operator’s
Cabin Attendant Manual for
acceptability.
- Evaluate a mock operator’s A300
Aircraft Operating Manual for acceptability.
- Evaluate a mock operator’s proposed
MEL and CDL
- Verify submitted performance planning
data for acceptability.
- Evaluate an excerpt of a mock operator’s
Aircraft Loading and Handling
Manual, for acceptability and identify
errors.
- Evaluate excerpts from the mock operator’s
Exit Row Seating program.
- Evaluate the results of an inspector’s
main base inspection for acceptability
and determine inspector actions.
- Evaluate inspector observations of a
training programme and facilities for
acceptability and determine the correct
inspector actions.
- Evaluate emergency evacuation demonstration
scenarios to determine if they
were satisfactory and provide reasons
for your decision.
- Determine appropriate recommendations
for scenarios involving inspector
observations/reports of four demonstration
flights and reasons for the recommendations.
- Complete a mock operator’s certificate
and SOPs and identify items that must
be included in the certification report.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
This course is for Aviation Safety
Inspectors tasked with certification of air operators.
Prerequisites: Should hold an Airline
Transport Pilot License (ATPL) in a large aeroplane.
Have experience as a check airman or
instructor in airline transport operations.
Minimum of 2000 hours flying experience. For operations inspectors who will review certification documentation only, participants should have met the knowledge requirements for an ATPL or equivalent (e.g., flight engineer, flight operations officer/dispatcher), and five years experience in the field of aviation operations.
COURSE OUTLINE
- Evaluating a Pre-Assessment Statement
- Conducting a Pre-Application Meeting
- Conducting a Formal Application
Meeting
- Evaluating a Compliance Statement
- Evaluating Operations, Training, Cabin
Attendant and Aircraft Operating
Manuals
- Evaluating a Minimum Equipment List
(MEL)
- Evaluating Loading and Handling and
Performance Planning Manuals
- Evaluating Other Certification
Manuals and Documents
- Inspecting Main Base and Station
Facilities
- Inspecting Training Programs and
Training Facilities
- Evaluating Emergency Evacuation and
Ditching Demonstrations
- Evaluating Demonstration Flights
- Issuing the Air Operator Certificate
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