Publication: Magyar Közlöny
Issue: MK-2009-104 (Year: 2009, Number: 104)
Era: 2004-2010
Section: 
Paragraph Index: 1539

4. Acceptance actions 4.1 Acceptance 4.1.1 The actual extent of the State’s technical evaluation of an operator’s readiness to conduct certain flight operations should be much broader than just those Standards which require or imply approval. During certification, the State should ensure that an operator will be in compliance with all requirements of Part III, Section II, prior to conducting international commercial air transport operations. 4.1.2 The concept of “acceptance” is used by some States as a formal method of ensuring that all critical aspects of operator certification are reviewed by the State prior to the formal issuance of the AOC. Using this concept, these States Annex 6 — Operation of Aircraft Part III 22/11/07 ATT F-6 exercise their prerogative to have technical inspectors review all operators’ policies and procedures impacting operational safety. The actual execution of an instrument to reflect this acceptance (assuming such a document is issued) may be delegated to the technical inspector assigned to the certification. 4.1.3 The act of “acceptance” is in addition to the issuance of a specific approval. For example, certain portions of the operations manual may be “accepted” by formal instrument, while other portions such as the aircraft-specific minimum equipment list are “approved” by a separate formal instrument. 4.2 Conformance report Some States use a conformance report to document the acceptances it makes with regard to a particular operator. This is a document submitted by the operator detailing how, with specific references to operations or maintenance manuals, it will comply with all applicable State regulations. This type of document is referenced in Doc 8335, 3.3.2 e) and Doc 9760, Volume I, 6.2.1 c) 4). Such a conformance report should be actively used during the certification process and revised as necessary to reflect modifications required by the State in the operator’s policies and procedures. Then a final conformance report is included in the State’s certification records, along with other records of certification. The conformance report is an excellent method of demonstrating that the operator was properly certificated with respect to all applicable regulatory requirements. 4.3 Operations and maintenance manuals 4.3.1 Operations and maintenance manuals, and any subsequent amendments should be submitted to the State (2.2.2.2, 6.1.1, 6.2.4, 6.3.2). The State also establishes minimum contents for these manuals (9.2, 9.3, 9.4 and Attachment H). The pertinent portions of an operator’s manual for evaluation should be identified in the State’s technical guidance, e.g. operations policy manual, aircraft operating manual, cabin crew manual, route guide, and training manual. Some States issue a formal instrument accepting each manual and any subsequent amendments. 4.3.2 The State’s technical evaluation should, in addition to ensuring that all required contents are addressed, consider if the specific policies and procedures would result in the desired outcome. For example, the specifications for the operational flight plan (Attachment H, 2.1.15) should provide the step-by-step completion guidance necessary for compliance with 2.3 concerning the content and retention of these plans. 4.3.3 Proven industry practices, such as an example of an actual completed operational flight plan for reference by the flight crew and dispatchers (although not a Standard), may also be required by a State’s technical evaluator during certification. This aspect of the technical evaluation should be conducted by inspectors experienced in operator certification. A major consideration with respect to evaluating for proven industry practices that are aircraft-specific, equipment-specific or have limited applications is the employment of evaluators who are currently qualified in the practice to be evaluated.

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