# Presentation: 245952

## Roy Grimes, CSSI, Inc.
FAA RVSM Program Support

- FAA RVSM Program Support

- Presentation 4

**RVSM **** ****WEBSITE ****AND  DOCUMENTS**

## RVSM Documentation Page

- “RVSM Documentation” webpage provides guidance  for operators developing applications for RVSM authority and for inspectors that have to evaluate them
- Refer to handout showing RVSM Documentation page content
- Please forward suggestions and criticisms to Robert Swain and Roy Grimes
- We want to make it as useful and as user friendly as possible

## FAA RVSM Homepage

- Address: http://www.faa.gov/ats/ato/rvsm1.htm
- RVSM Homepage provides overview and/or links to:
- U.S. Domestic RVSM (DRVSM)
- Caribbean and South America (CAR/SAM)
- North Atlantic (NAT) RVSM
- Asia/Pacific RVSM
- Western Atlantic (WATRS) RVSM
- European RVSM
- Middle East RVSM
- Homepage links to “RVSM Documentation” page

## RVSM Documentation PageTable of Contents

- Webpage Updates:  By Month Listing
- Getting Started:   Checklists/Job Aids
- Aircraft Certification (AIR) Policy/Procedures
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Contacts
- FAA Inspector Guidance
- Documents Applicable to All RVSM Approvals
- General/Business Aviation Aircraft/Operator Documents
- Large Transport Aircraft/Operator Documents
- Monitoring Requirements and Procedures
- Registration on RVSM Approvals Databases
- Area of Operations Specific Information & Operational Policy and Procedures

## Area of Operations Specific Information,Operational Policy & Procedures

**North American RVSM**
- Domestic US RVSM
- Canada RVSM
- Mexico – RVSM
- Gulf of Mexico
**2.  Global Areas of RVSM Operations**
- Asia/Pacific Ocean
- Caribbean including San Juan FIR
- Europe
- North Atlantic (NAT)
- West Atlantic Route System (WATRS), San Juan FIR, NY Oceanic, Atlantic High Offshore Airspace

## Webpage Updates:  By Month Listing	

- Provides by month listing of Webpage updates and document posting

## Getting Started Section 

- RVSM Approval Checklist – US Operators
- RVSM Approval Checklist – Non-US Operators
- Checklists contain items that an operator must address to obtain FAA RVSM authority with...
- References to applicable documents

## Aircraft Certification Webpage

- Contacts
- Regulations
- Guidance and Policy Letters
- Job Aids and Checklists – under development
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

## Frequently Asked Questions 

**FAQs...Applicable to All Operators **_**and**_** Specific to General Aviation (GA) Operators**
- 1. Aircraft Certification FAQs – see Aircraft Certification Policy/Procedures Webpage
- 2. FAQs Applicable to _Both_ Operations and Maintenance Specialties
- Applicable to All Operators _and_ Specific to GA Operators

## FAQs (cont.)

- 3. Initial _and_ Continued Airworthiness (Maintenance) FAQs (posted 8/27/03)
- Applicable to All Operators _and_ Specific to
- 	Part 91/GA Operators
- 4. Monitoring FAQ’s
- 5. Operations FAQs
- Applicable to All Operators _and_ Specific to
- 	Part 91/GA Operators

## Contacts

- Aircraft Manufacturers
- FAA Regional and Hq Focal Points
-  Flight Standards Field Office Points of Contact
- Offices listed by FAA region

## FAA Inspector Guidance

- 8700.23 and 8700.26 will be used while GA Ops Inspector Handbook (8700.1) is being updated
- Notice 8700.23 (8/20/03) **(LOA’s for Special Areas of Operation)**
- Notice 8700.26 (10/10/03) GA inspector guidance for RVSM
- Airworthiness Inspector’s Handbook (8300.10), Vol. 2, Chapter 5
- Job Aid: Part 91 Operator Application to Conduct RVSM Operations

## FAA Inspector Guidance (cont.)

- PTRS Data Entry Job Aid for RVSM (Program Tracking and Reporting Subsystem)
- HBAT 03-06 updates Air Transport inspector RVSM guidance

## Documents Applicable To All RVSM Approvals

- Guidance 91-RVSM, Change 2 (2/10/04)
- Paragraph 11 provides process overview
- Example Operator Application for RVSM Authority (3/29/04)
- MMEL Policy Letter
- Starting Operations in New-to-the-Operator Area of Operations (12 Mar 04)
- TCAS Documents
- FAA Regulations
- Access to 91.180, 91.706 and Part 91 Appendix G

## Small Commercial/GA Aircraft Documentation

- List of Service Bulletins and STCs for Business Aviation type aircraft
- Notice 8700.23 (8/20/03) **(LOAs for Special Areas of Operations)**
- Job Aid: Part 91 Operator Application to Conduct RVSM Operations

## Large Transport Aircraft Docs

- List of Large Transport Aircraft Engineering Packages
- Dispatcher Guidance
- HBAT 03-06:  Air Transport inspector RVSM guidance

## Monitoring Requirements and Procedures

- Instructions for Using Minimum Monitoring Charts and Procedures from Different Regions
- Monitoring Procedures for US Operators
- One document for HMU, GMU and AGHME procedures
- Status of AGHME System (U.S. ground-based monitoring system)
- Links to CSSI, Inc. and ARINC GMS Operations  Coordinators
- North American RVSM Minimum Monitoring Requirements

## Monitoring Requirements, Procedures (cont.)

- Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Different Areas of Operation – note there is ICAO effort to harmonize
- European Monitoring Requirements and Procedures
- European RVSM Monitoring:  Initial and Follow-on
- Link to Eurocontrol RVSM Homepage

## Registration on RVSM Approvals Databases

- FAA RVSM Approvals Databases –
- For US operators - explanation of FAA inspector PTRS inputs to register US aircraft/operators on US RVSM  Approvals Database
- Civil Aviation Authority Action for Non-US Operators
- Instructions or links to North American Approvals Registry and Monitoring Organization (NAARMO) and other Regional databases

## Registration (cont.)

- Access to US RVSM Approvals Database available from RVSM Documentation Webpage
- See icon to the right of Table of Contents

## Area of Operations Specific Information

- Section contains operational policy and procedures for specific areas of operation
- Asia/Pacific, North America, Domestic US, Canada, Europe, North Atlantic, West Atlantic
- Examples of area of operations differences:
- Guidance for contingencies such as engine loss are more detailed for oceanic vs. continental ops
- Pacific/NAT does, Europe does _not_ allow Non-RVSM aircraft to climb/descend through RVSM airspace

## North American RVSM(DRVSM Section)

- _Content:_
- Basic Operator Information on DRVSM Programs (6/1/04)
- DRVSM Operational Policy & Procedures:
- 	FAA Notice, 5/31/04 as updated
- Update to be posted NLT 10/31
- Paragraph updates:  flight plan equipment suffix, procedures for Non-RVSM aircraft, Mountain Wave Activity (MWA) procedures
- FAA Flight Plan Equipment Suffix Notice – add NLT 10/31

## Near Term Document Work

- Post Sample Pilot Bulletin containing DRVSM Operational Policies/Procedures
- Update existing RVSM NOTAM for WATRS to incorporate Strategic Lateral Offset Procedures (SLOP) and to extend coverage to San Juan FIR
- Post NOTAM for Gulf of Mexico RVSM implementation
- May implement SLOP for portions of Gulf

## Near Term Webpage Work

- Coordinate with Caribbean/South America RVSM Implementation Group
- Post documents to reflect Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico contingency and operating procedures

## NAARMO Website

- North American Approvals Registry and Monitoring Organization (NAARMO)
- AFS field offices and US operators will generally work with “_U.S. Operator/Aircraft RVSM Approvals Database and Monitoring Coordinator_”:
- Wayne Smoot (609-485-5475)
- Email:  wayne.smoot@faa.gov
- Link from RVSM Homepage or RVSM Documentation webpage

## Using the RVSM Docs Webpage To Get Started

- 1.  Review the RVSM Documentation Webpage to determine document location and availability
- 2.  Review RVSM Approvals Checklist under “Getting Started” to establish content of operator’s application for authorization and reference documents
- 3.  Read 91-RVSM paragraph 11 for overview of the operational approval process
- 4.  Read Airworthiness Inspector’s Handbook (8300.10) Vol 2, Chapter 5 - now posted on RVSM Documentation webpage

## Using the RVSM Docs Webpage (cont.)

- 5. Review Job Aid:  Part 91 Operator Application to Conduct RVSM Operations
- 6.  GA operators and inspectors read LOA guidance in 	Notice N 8700.23 and 8700.26
- 7.  For Part 121/125/135:  review OpSpecs paragraphs B046 and D092
- 8. All Inspectors:  review FAA Inspector Guidance section

## Conclusion

- FAA RVSM Webpage is an invaluable tool to inform inspectors and operators
- We plan to continue to update and enhance it
- Please forward comments and criticisms to
- 	Robert Swain and Roy Grimes