PBN and the Cockpit
Workshop
Regulatory and Certification Forum
EASA Guidance Material
Bryan Jolly
ATM Rulemaking Officer/PBN Project manager,
18th October 2012
Content
Current Regulations
Next Steps in Regulation development
Air OPS
Airworthiness
Currently Applicable Regulations
• Annex III to Council
Regulation (EEC) No
3922/91 (EU-OPS)
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm
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Operational Approval
• An operator shall ensure that an
aeroplane operated in areas, or through
portions of airspace, or on routes
where navigation performance
requirements have been specified, is
certified according to these
requirements, and, if required, that the
Authority has granted the relevant
operational approval.
EU-OPS 1.243(a)
Operational Approvals Required from NAA !
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EASA requirements
PBN operations
EASA / JAA
RNAV 10
AMC 20-12
RNAV 5 (B-RNAV)
AMC 20-4
RNAV 1 (P-RNAV)
JAA TGL 10
RNP APCH (LNAV)
AMC 20-27
RNP APCH (LNAV/VNAV)
AMC 20-27
RNP APCH (LPV)
AMC 20-28
RNP AR
AMC 20-26
http://easa.europa.eu/agency-measures/certification-specifications.php
AMC 20- material
• Contents of AMC 20-27:
1. Purpose
2. Background
3. Scope
General information.
4. Reference Documents
5. Assumptions
6. RNP-APCH Airworthiness Criteria
7. Functional Criteria
8. Airworthiness Compliance
Airworthiness Criteria.
9. AFM/POH
10. RNP-APCH Operational Criteria
incl. appendices 2, 3, 4 and 5
Operational Criteria.
11. Availability of Documents
General information.
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Future PBN Operational Approvals
Issues
•Note the number of PBN applications is increasing,
•Requesting and obtaining a SPA constitutes an additional
administrative task, especially for non-commercial operators
What are the Safety gains?
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PBN Approvals
Objectives
Transpose the
operational criteria
from AMC 20-4, AMC
20-5, AMC 20-12,
AMC 20-27 AMC 2028 into Part-SPA;
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What Next - Airworthiness
Develop
applicable
Certification
Specifications
(CS-ACNS)
• interoperability requirements, resulting
from the SES implementing rules
• Safety requirements deemed necessary
to ensure the safe operation of the
aircraft in the given volume of airspace.
• Will replace the AMC 20 series
• Developed to included required Nav
Spec’s for worldwide operations
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