EASA OPS
IAOPA Europe
Regional Meeting
Heidelberg - 28. September 2013
EASA OPS Finally adopted
Regulation (EU) No
965/2012 on Air
Operations was adopted
by the European
Commission on
05/10/2012 and published
in the Official Journal of
the European Union on
25/10/2012.
EU-OPS for GA adopted
Part NCC & NCO included as
appendixes
Part NCC – Non Commerciel Complex
Part NCO – Non Commercial non-complex
No big surprises – but a few noteworthy
items
Entry into force
• Effective immediately
• But each state may postpone the entry
into force until 25. august 2016
Dangerous Goods Alleviation removes
approval requirement for ELA2 aircraft
(Non-complex - MTOW < 2t)
Introduces
Declarations
for NCC
1 PAGE !!
No FTL regulation for NCC
Refers to applicable national rules until
EU rules are adopted and apply
Free to switch between commercial
and non-commerciel ops
Now clearly stated that an AOC holder may operate noncommercially provided he has described the standards for
non-commercial operations in his OPS manual
It means for instance that an aircraft owner can now get his
aircraft under an AOC (to generate revenue) and yet continue
to fly it himself non-commercially with a PPL
This was previously a grey area and not allowed in many
countries.
A little practical info...
Published as ammendments
Free consolidated version from EU
Book shop – link from www.iaopa.eu
OPS already being revised
Revisions to OPS are already on their
way through the EASA Commitee
(Comitology Procedure)
• Agenda and many working
documents are available online – use
link from www.iaopa.eu
Now is a really good time to contact your national
representative and tell him to support the new
EIR/IR regulation!!!
Previous Committe Meeting:
• Excluded from defintion of commercial
– Cost sharing for up to 6 private individual
– Competition Flights and Flying Displays
– introductory flights, parachute dropping,
sailplane towing or aerobatic flights (within
clubs or non-profit organisations)
• NCC take-off performance
– Exclusion of turboprop < 5.7t from
accelerate-stop distance requirement
Part SERA
– national action required
• Approximately 30 places where the
detailed implementation is left to the
”Competent Authority”
• You need to make sure that your
national authority is using this power
favourably
• Otherwise you might no longer be able
to do what you can do today
Part SERA national attention required
• VMC requirements. Minimum VFR visibility is 5km
unless your country decides otherwise
• Night VFR is not allowed unless your country
decides otherwise
• Minimum altitude for night-VFR similar to IFR
unless your country decides otherwise
• Also consider:
– ATC Flightplan – preserve the possibility for an
abreviated flightplan
– Closing of flightplan by phone
Thank you for your attention