AMC & GM to Part-ORO — Issue 2, Amendment 10

Annex II to ED Decision 2017/004/R

Annex II to ED Decision 2017/004/R

‘AMC/GM to Part-ORO — Issue 2, Amendment 10’

The Annex to ED Decision 2014/017/R is amended as follows: The text of the amendment is arranged to show deleted, new or amended text as shown below: (a) deleted text is struck through; (b) new or amended text is highlighted in grey; and (c) an ellipsis ‘[…]’ indicates that the remaining text is unchanged.

Annex II to ED Decision 2017/004/R

1. GM3 ORO.GEN.130(b) is amended as follows:

GM3 ORO.GEN.130(b) Changes related to an AOC holder

CHANGES REQUIRING PRIOR APPROVAL [...] (s) commercial air transport operations with single-engined turbine aeroplanes in instrument meteorological conditions or at night (CAT SET-IMC).

2. AMC1 ORO.GEN.200(b) is amended as follows:

AMC1 ORO.GEN.200(b) Management system

SIZE, NATURE AND COMPLEXITY OF THE ACTIVITY [...] (b) Operators with up to 20 FTEs involved in the activity subject to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 and its Implementing Rules may also be considered complex based on an assessment of the following factors: (1) in terms of complexity, the extent and scope of contracted activities subject to the approval; (2) in terms of risk criteria, the extent of the followingwhether any of the following are present: (i) operations requiring the followinga specific approvals: performance-based navigation (PBN), low-visibility operation (LVO), extended range operations with two-engined aeroplanes (ETOPS), helicopter hoist operation (HHO), helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS), night -vision imaging system (NVIS) and dangerous goods (DG); (ii) high-risk commercial specialised operations requiring an authorisation; (iii) operations with different types of aircraft used; and (iv) operations in challenging the environment (offshore, mountainous area, etc.). [...]

3. AMC3 ORO.MLR.100 is amended as follows:

AMC3 ORO.MLR.100 Operations manual — general

CONTENTS — CAT OPERATIONS [...] A GENERAL/BASIC 0 ADMINISTRATION AND CONTROL OF OPERATIONS MANUAL […] 8 OPERATING PROCEDURES 8.1 Flight preparation instructions. As applicable to the operation: 8.1.1 Minimum flight altitudes. A description of the method of determination and application of minimum altitudes including:

Annex II to ED Decision 2017/004/R

[...] 8.1.13 For commercial air transport operations with single-engined turbine aeroplanes in instrument meteorological conditions or at night (CAT SET-IMC) approved in accordance with Subpart L (SET-IMC) of Annex V (Part-SPA) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012: (a) the procedure for route selection with respect to the availability of surfaces, which permits a safe forced landing; (b) the instructions for the assessment of landing sites (elevation, landing direction, and obstacles in the area); and (c) the instructions for the assessment of the weather conditions at those landing sites. [...] C ROUTE/ROLE/AREA AND AERODROME/OPERATING SITE INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION [...] (2) Information related to landing sites available for operations approved in accordance with Subpart L (SET-IMC) of Annex V (Part-SPA) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, including: (a) a description of the landing site (position, surface, slope, elevation, etc.); (b) the preferred landing direction; and (c) obstacles in the area. [...]