ORO.GEN.130 Changes related to an AOC holder

APPLICATION TIME FRAMES

(a)The application for the amendment of an air operator certificate (AOC) should be submitted at least 30 days before the date of the intended changes.

(b)In the case of a planned change of a nominated person in accordance with ORO.GEN.210(b) or of a safety manager as defined under AMC1 ORO.GEN.200(a)(1), the operator should inform the competent authority at least 20 days before the date of the proposed change.

(c)Unforeseen changes should be notified at the earliest opportunity, in order to enable the competent authority to determine continued compliance with the applicable requirements and to amend, if necessary, the AOC and related terms of approval.

GENERAL

(a)Typical examples of changes that may affect the AOC or the operations specifications or the operator’s management system, as required in ORO.GEN.200(a)(1) and (a)(2), are listed below:

(1)the name of the operator;

(2)a change of legal entity;

(3)the operator’s principal place of business;

(4)the operator’s scope of activities;

(5)additional locations of the operator;

(6)the accountable manager referred to in ORO.GEN.210(a);

(7)reporting lines between the accountable manager and the nominated person;

(8)the operator’s documentation, as required by this Annex, safety policy and procedures;

(9)the facilities.

(b)Prior approval by the competent authority is required for any changes to the operator’s procedure describing how changes not requiring prior approval will be managed and notified to the competent authority.

(c)Changes requiring prior approval may only be implemented upon receipt of formal approval by the competent authority.

CHANGE OF NAME A change of name requires the operator to submit a new application as a matter of urgency. Where this is the only change to report, the new application can be accompanied by a copy of the documentation previously submitted to the competent authority under the previous name, as a means of demonstrating how the operator complies with the applicable requirements.

MANAGEMENT OF CHANGES REQUIRING PRIOR APPROVAL For changes requiring prior approval, the operators should conduct a safety risk assessment and provide it to the competent authority upon request.

CHANGES REQUIRING PRIOR APPROVAL The following GM is a non-exhaustive checklist of items that require prior approval by the competent authority as specified in the applicable Implementing Rules:

(a)alternative means of compliance;

(b)procedures regarding items to be notified to the competent authority;

(c)cabin crew:

(1)conduct of the training, examination and checking required by Annex V (Part-CC) to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 and issue of cabin crew attestations;

(2)procedures for cabin crew to operate on four aircraft types;

(3)training programmes, including syllabi;

(d)leasing agreements;

(e)procedure for the use of aircraft included in an AOC by other operators for NCC, NCO and specialised operations, as required by ORO.GEN.310;

(f)specific approvals in accordance with Annex V (Part-SPA);

(g)dangerous goods training programmes;

(h)flight crew:

(1)alternative training and qualification programmes (ATQPs);

(2)procedures for flight crew to operate on more than one type or variant;

(3)training and checking programmes, including syllabi and use of flight simulation training devices (FSTDs);

(i)fuel schemes and special refuelling or defuelling of aeroplanes;

(j)helicopter operations:

(1)over a hostile environment located outside a congested area;

(2)to/from a public interest site located in a congested hostile environment where performance class 1 criteria cannot be met;

(3)under performance class 2 or 3 without an assured safe forced landing capability;

(4)that include short excursions above 13 000 ft without using supplemental oxygen within a HEMS mission; and

(5)during refuelling with rotors turning;

(k)mass and balance: standard masses for load items other than standard masses for passengers and checked baggage;

(l)minimum equipment list (MEL):

(1)MEL;

(2)operating other than in accordance with the MEL, but within the constraints of the master minimum equipment list (MMEL);

(3)rectification interval extension (RIE) procedures;

(m)minimum flight altitudes:

(1)the method for establishing minimum flight altitudes;

(2)descent procedures to fly below specified minimum altitudes;

(n)performance:

(1)increased bank angles at take-off (for performance class A aeroplanes);

(2)short landing operations (for performance class A and B aeroplanes);

(3)steep approach operations (for performance class A and B aeroplanes);

(4)reduced required landing distance operations (for performance class A and B aeroplanes);

(o)isolated aerodrome: using an isolated aerodrome as destination aerodrome for operations with aeroplanes;

(p)method used to establish aerodrome operating minima;

(q)approach flight technique:

(1)all approaches not flown as stabilised approaches for a particular approach to a particular runway;

(2)non-precision approaches not flown with the continuous descent final approach (CDFA) technique for each particular approach/runway combination;

(r)maximum distance from an adequate aerodrome for two-engined aeroplanes without an extended range operations with two-engined aeroplanes (ETOPS) approval:

(1)air operations with two-engined performance class A aeroplanes with a maximum operational passenger seating configuration (MOPSC) of 19 or less and a maximum take-off mass less than 45 360 kg, over a route that contains a point further than 120 minutes from an adequate aerodrome, under standard conditions in still air;

(s)aircraft categories:

(1)Applying a lower landing mass than the maximum certified landing mass for determining the indicated airspeed at threshold (VAT).

(t)commercial air transport operations with single-engined turbine aeroplanes in instrument meteorological conditions or at night (CAT SET-IMC).