Operational Procedures
- Subject: 070 Operational Procedures
- Lead SME: Steve Sandsford
What does Operational Procedures cover?
Operational Procedures is concerned with the operation of civil aircraft operating as Commercial Air Transport (CAT). It contains those rules and procedures that apply to Operators whose primary place of business is in an EASA member state.
OP covers the following topics
- ICAO Annex 6 which contains the Standards and Recommended Practices to which the contracted member states agree to be bound by.
- How to operate civil aircraft in CAT operations in an EASA member state.
- We then move onto Operator Supervision and Certification which covers the procedures operators need to put in place.
- All weather operations alongside aircraft equipment and instruments.
- Composition of the crew, their training, licence issue and recurrent checks.
- Procedures for operating over the North Atlantic Ocean including ETOPS.
- Special Ops and Hazards including de-icing, bird control and noise abatement.
- Fire and Smoke, Pressurisation Failure, Windshear and Microburst, Wake Turbulence.
- Security procedures.
- Emergency and precautionary landings including ditching.
- Fuel jettison, the carriage of Dangerous Goods and Contaminated Runways.
The exam consists of 42 questions with a time limit of 1 hr 15 min.