ORO.FC.440 Conducting operations on more than one type or variant

MORE THAN ONE VCA TYPE OR VARIANT

(a)For operations on more than one VCA type or variant, the following should be met:

(1)the recency requirements and the requirements for recurrent training and checking should be met and confirmed prior to the commencement of IAM operations on any VCA type/variant, and the minimum number of flights on each VCA type/variant should be specified in the operations manual;

(2)point ORO.FC.430 requirements with regard to recurrent training; and

(3)point ORO.FC.430 requirements with regard to IAM operator proficiency checks. When credits related to the training, checking and recent experience requirements are defined in the OSD established in accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 748/2012 for the relevant VCA types or variants, the requirements of point ORO.FC.430 with regard to proficiency checks may be met by a check every 6 months on any one VCA type or variant operated. However, a proficiency check on each VCA type or variant operated should be completed every 12 months.

(b)For any combination of aircraft types or groups of types, including at least one VCA, the following should be met:

(1)when more than one VCA type or variant is operated in IAM operations as part of the combination, the applicable requirements are those specified in point (a) with respect to the VCA types/variants;

(2)when the combination consists of aeroplanes and/or helicopters, operated in CAT, NCC and/or SPO, and at least one VCA operated in IAM, the applicable requirements with regard to those aeroplanes and/or helicopters are contained in point ORO.FC.240.

GROUP OF HELICOPTER TYPES Information about the ‘group of types of helicopters’ is provided in AMC1 ORO.FC.240.