Update on European Rulemaking
for ETOPS-LROPS
Global ETOPS/LROPS Implementation:
Timetables and Approaches
Yves Morier,
St Petersburg,
4 June 2008
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Contents of the presentation
Background
Important decisions
What is EU-OPS-1 (Commercial Air
transportation with Aeroplanes)
EU-OPS-1 rulemaking activities
EASA rulemaking activities
EASA and ICAO
Summary-conclusions
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Background
Result of 10 years of work by JAA and then EASA
Original tasking was:
Develop criteria for operations of two engines
aeroplanes with diversion times exceeding 180mn;
Assess the impact of the increase of range of modern 2,
3 and 4 engines aeroplanes on new long haul routes, in
particular in severe climate areas;
Re-arrange the provisions of GAI 20x6 (transferred into
EASA AMC 20-6) according with the principles of JAR-11
(regulatory vs. advisory material);
Re-distribute material in accordance with the new
regulatory context of regulation n°1592/2002;
Harmonise with FAA and ICAO; and;
Propose a regulatory impact assessment (RIA)
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Important decisions (I)
Two categories of operations and relevant
acronyms:
ETOPS: extended twin engine operations
LROPS: long range operations for 3 and 4 engines
Disconnect LROPS from ETOPS:
Regulating LROPS was not fully demonstrated by
the RIA done for EASA and JAA.
This view was also confirmed by diversion
statistics for 3 of more engines aeroplanes of
European register, involved in commercial air
transport.
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Important decisions (II)
Not include recovery plans for alternate airports
located in severe climate areas:
Remit for the regulation of passenger recovery
plans for severe climate areas within the European
Community need further clarification to determine
the boundaries between issues of passenger
health and flight safety
Take into account the existence of EU-OPS
into the rulemaking plans:
EASA rulemaking activities
EU-OPS rulemaking activities
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European Aviation Safety Agency
What is EU-OPS-1 (I)
Commercial air transportation by aeroplanes
Annex III of Amended Commission
Regulation 3922/91
Entry into force 16 July 2008
Use of the transition period to upgrade to
‘State of the art’ of JAR-OPS
Amendments were done using the
‘comitology procedure’ (Air safety
Committee)
EU-OPS-1 will be replaced in due course by
an EASA implementing rule (Part-OPS)
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European Aviation Safety Agency
What is EU-OPS-1 (II)
‘First issue’ adopted on 12 December 2006:
Based on section 1 of JAR-OPS 1 at Amendment 8
‘Second issue’ adopted on 11 December
2007:
Alignment with amendments 9 to 12 of JAR-OPS 1
‘Third issue’ to be adopted on 16 July 2008:
Achieve the upgrade to ‘state of the art’ (i.e. JAA
NPA-OPS in Amt.13 + JAA NPA-OPS close to finish within
JAA RM process)
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European Aviation Safety Agency
EU-OPS-1 rulemaking
activities
JAA NPA-OPS-40 extending ETOPS
operations will be included in the ‘third
issue’ of EU-OPS-1:
Applies both to large twins and small twins:
Large/ small: small means maximum take-off mass of less than
45360 kg and maximum approved passenger configuration of less
than 19 passengers
 Large twins: Threshold 60 minutes
 Small twins: Threshold 180 minutes

Covers only operational approval requirements
for ETOPS and some relevant definitions
Requirements for small twins operations
below 180 minutes unchanged
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EASA rulemaking activities (I)
NPA 2008-01 (ETOPS): Contents
Affected CS and AMC:
 CS-Definitions:
incorporate 3 new definitions
 CS-25, CS-E: enabling specifications
 AMC to Part-21: ETOPS significant occurrences
 AMC to Part-M, AMC to part 145: maintenance programmes,
organisation exposition, training of personnel
 AMC 20-6: Cover the design (3 sets of criteria) and
operations (4 sets of criteria)
2 Regulatory impact assessments
 One
for large twins; one for small twins
 One appendix to RIA list the differences with FAA relative to
design
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EASA rulemaking activities
(II)
Task MDM.001 ETOPS: Schedule
NPA 2008-01 published on 6 March 2008

http://www.easa.europa.eu/ws_prod/r/r_npa.php
Comment period closes on 06 June 2008
Review of comments by Agency with review
group if needed in light of comments
Decision scheduled for 4th quarter 2008.
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EASA rulemaking activities
(III)
Publication of an Advance-NPA to gather
views and data on LROPS during 4th
quarter 2008:
Depending on the reactions, rulemaking tasks
may be included into the EASA work
programme
Implementing rules for Air Operations:
Part OPS NPA to be issued end of August 2008
Will include the same provisions as EU-OPS-1
‘third issue’.
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EASA and ICAO
EASA proposed to EU-Member States to
disagree with comments to ICAO state letter
on extended diversion time operations
(formerly ETOPS) by aeroplanes with two or
more turbine engines:
Reasons were outlined in slides 4 and 5
EASA has offered to participate in the
Special Operations Task Force of the ICAO
Air Navigation Bureau (ANB) which will
analyse the provisions for ETOPS/LROPS of
aircraft with more than two engines .
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European Aviation Safety Agency
Summary-conclusions
The EASA-EU ETOPS package should
be adopted in 2008:
Comments on NPA 2008-01 are
encouraged.
Open position on LROPS
There are differences with both FAA
and ICAO approaches
EASA has offered to participate in the
Special Operations Task Force of the
ICAO.
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Thank you for your attention
Questions are welcome
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