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“'Commercial air transport' means an aircraft operation to transport passengers, cargo or mail for remuneration or other valuable consideration.” The term 'commercial air transport (CAT) operation' is defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 as follows: “'Commercial operation' means any operation of an aircraft, in return for remuneration or other valuable consideration, which is available to the public or, when not made available to the public, which is performed under a contract between an operator and a customer, where the latter has no control over the operator.” The term 'commercial operation' is now defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 as follows (previously in Reg. EASA published the associated AMC and GM with ED Decision 2015/005/R.
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The sterile flight deck procedures were published in Regulation (EU) 2015/140 as an amending regulation to (EU) No 965/2012 on air operations. during critical phases of flight (take-off, landing, etc.), during taxiing and below 10 000 feet (except for cruise flight). Sterile flight deck procedures are meant to increase the flight crew members' attention to their essential operational activities when their focused alert is needed, i.e. flight crew members should avoid non-essential conversations, should not make non-safety related announcements towards the passengers, etc. In addition, during these periods of time the flight crew members should focus on their essential operational activities without being disturbed by non-flight related matters, i.e. by cabin crew, except for matters critical to the safe operation of the aircraft and/or the safety of the occupants. The term 'Sterile Flight Deck' is used to describe any period of time when the flight crew members shall not be disturbed e.g. Reference: Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 on Air Operations, Annex I (Definitions) and Annex III (Part-ORO) not to perform any activities other than those required for the safe operation of the aircraft.to be seated at his/her assigned station and.Basically, these implementing rules require crew members during critical phases of flight: Rules for activities considered acceptable during critical phases of flight are provided in the Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 on air operations – in Annex III (Part-ORO), Annex IV (Part-CAT), Annex VI (Part-NCC), Annex VII (Part-NCO) and Annex VIII (Part-SPO). 'Critical phases of flight' in the case of helicopters means taxiing, hovering, take-off, final approach, missed approach, the landing and any other phases of flight as determined by the pilot-in-command or commander.”Īs one can see from these definitions, for helicopters taxiing is defined as a critical phase of flight, while for aeroplanes it is not. “'Critical phases of flight' in the case of aeroplanes means the take-off run, the take-off flight path, the final approach, the missed approach, the landing, including the landing roll, and any other phases of flight as determined by the pilot-in-command or commander. Reference: Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, Annex I DefinitionsĪnnex I (Definitions) of the Regulation (EU) 965/2012 on air operations contains definitions for critical phases of flight for aeroplanes and helicopters: Certification of products and organisations.Certification Support for Validation (CSV).Alternative Method of Compliance (AMOC) to an Airworthiness Directive (AD).Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Alternative Means of Compliance (AltMoC).Drones with class identification label C0-C6.Provisions applicable to both ‘open’ and ’specific’ category.Airspace Usage requirements – DLS/CPDLC.Airspace Usage Requirement (ACAS II v7.1).Flight Simulation Training Devices (FSTD).Performance-based Navigation applicability.Operational Suitability Data (OSD) for flight crew (FC).Special Categories of Passengers (SCPs).Additional Airworthiness specifications.Instructions for Continued Airworthiness (ICA).Training and licensing of maintenance personnel.Aircraft maintenance and continuing airworthiness.
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