Introduction
EU regulations impact National Aviation Authorities and commercial and non-commercial operators across the air operations domain. This course introduces the structure and basic principles of the regulations and covers the detailed scope of the requirements.
The main topics to be addressed in this course are:
- Introduction to ICAO, EASA and the Basic Regulation 216/2008
- Air Operations Cover Regulation 965/2012
- Annex I - Definitions (including abbreviations & acronyms)
- Annex II – Authority Requirements (ARO)
- Annex III – Organisation Requirements (ORO)
- Annex IV – Commercial Air Transport (CAT)
- Annex V – Specific Approvals (SPA)
- Annex VI – Non-commercial Complex (NCC)
- Annex VII – Non-commercial Other-than Complex (NCO)
- Annex VIII – Specialised Operations (SPO)
Learning Objectives
To familiarise participants with EU requirements for competent authorities, commercial and non-commercial helicopter operations.
Who should take this course
Appropriate personnel from helicopter operators and National Aviation Authorities (e.g. accountable managers; nominated persons and their deputies; senior pilots; compliance monitoring and flight safety
personnel; flight operations inspectors; and regulatory policy staff).
Pre-requisites
Interest in gathering and understanding regulatory requirements for helicopter operations in the EU.
Duration
3 days, starting at 09.00 on all 3 days and finishing at 15:00 on the third day to allow for testing when available.