IAM.GEN.MVCA.180 Documents, manuals and information to be carried on board each flight

PROCEDURES AND VISUAL SIGNALS TO BE USED BY INTERCEPTING AND INTERCEPTED AIRCRAFT The procedures and visual signals to be used by intercepting and intercepted aircraft should reflect those contained in Regulation (EU) No 923/2012. They may be part of the operations manual.

APPROPRIATE METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION

(a)The appropriate meteorological information should be relevant to the planned operation, as specified in point (a) of point MET.TR.215 of Annex V (Part-MET) to Regulation (EU) 2017/373, and comprise the following:

(1)the meteorological information that is specified in point (e) of point MET.TR.215 of Part-MET; and/or

(2)supplemental meteorological information:

(i)information other than that specified in point (a) above, which should be based on data from certified meteorological service providers; or

(ii)information from other reliable sources of meteorological information that should be evaluated by the operator.

(b)The providers of meteorological information specified in point (e) of point MET.TR.215 should be certified meteorological services providers that meet the necessary oversight and certification requirements as specified in Part-MET.

(c)All the following should qualify as supplemental meteorological information:

(1)a reliable, timestamped image from a serviceable digital camera of known location, bearing, and altitude, which shows the weather conditions in the approach path at destination;

(2)a meteorological observation from a properly trained observer; and

(3)a report from non-certified automatic weather observation systems to which the operator should apply relevant margins based on the reliability and precision of the system.

DIGITAL MEDIA The IAM operator may use digital media such as EFBs that host type A and/or type B EFB applications as an alternative to the carriage of documents, manuals and information in paper on each flight, in accordance with point IAM.GEN.VCA.141.

CERTIFIED TRUE COPIES

(a)Certified true copies may be provided:

(1)either directly by the competent authority;

(2)or by persons (e.g. public notaries, authorised officials in public services) that are authorised to certify official documents in accordance with the applicable Member State’s legislation.

(b)Translations of the air operator certificate (AOC), including operations specifications, do not need to be certified.

‘JOURNEY LOG OR EQUIVALENT’ ‘Journey log or equivalent’ means that the required information may be recorded in a document other than a logbook, such as the operational flight plan or the VCA technical log.

DATA FROM CERTIFIED METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE PROVIDERS The supplemental meteorological information, in the context of point (a)(2)(i) of AMC3 IAM.GEN.MVCA.180, should originate only from authoritative sources or certified providers and should not be transformed or tampered, except for the purpose of presenting the data in the correct format.

INFORMATION FROM OTHER RELIABLE SOURCES OF METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION

(a)Other reliable sources of meteorological information, in the context of point (a)(2)(ii) of AMC3 IAM.GEN.MVCA.180, are organisations that can provide an appropriate level of data assurance in terms of accuracy and integrity.

(b)For the purpose of evaluating such organisations, the operator should consider whether the organisation has established a quality assurance system to cover source selection, acquisition/import, processing, validity period check, and distribution phase of data.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION Supplementary information is information included in point (e) of point MET.TR.215 of Part-MET and refers to meteorological information to be reported in specific cases such as freezing precipitation, blowing snow, thunderstorm, etc.