SUBPART B: OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES
ANNEX VIII (Part-SPO) · Air Operations · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · SPO.OP.100 – SPO.OP.235
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SPO.OP.100 Use of aerodromes and operating sites
The operator shall only use aerodromes and operating sites that are adequate for the type of aircraft and operation concerned.
SPO.OP.101 Altimeter check and settings
The operator shall establish procedures for altimeter checking before each departure.
SPO.OP.105 Specification of isolated aerodromes – aeroplanes
For the selection of alternate aerodromes and the fuel/energy planning and in-flight re-planning policy, the operator shall not consider an aerodrome as…
GM1 SPO.OP.105 Specification of isolated aerodromes — aeroplanes
SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima – aeroplanes and helicopters (a) The operator shall establish aerodrome operating minima for each departure…
AMC1 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima – aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC2 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC3 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC4 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC5 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC6 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima – aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC7 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC8 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC9 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC10 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
GM1 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
GM2 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima – aeroplanes and helicopters
GM3 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima – aeroplanes and helicopters
GM4 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima – aeroplanes and helicopters
GM5 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
GM6 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
GM7 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
GM8 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
GM9 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima — aeroplanes and helicopters
GM10 SPO.OP.110 Aerodrome operating minima —aeroplanes and helicopters
SPO.OP.112 Aerodrome operating minima — circling operations with aeroplanes
The minimum descent height (MDH) for a circling approach operation with aeroplanes shall not be lower than the highest of:
GM1 SPO.OP.112 Aerodrome operating minima — circling operations with aeroplanes
SPO.OP.113 Aerodrome operating minima – onshore circling operations with helicopters
The MDH for an onshore circling operation with helicopters shall not be lower than 250 ft and the meteorological visibility not less than 800 m.
SPO.OP.115 Departure and approach procedures – aeroplanes and helicopters
The pilot-in-command shall use the departure and approach procedures established by the State of the aerodrome, if such procedures have been published…
AMC1 SPO.OP.115 Departure and approach procedures — aeroplanes and helicopters
SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
The operator shall ensure that, when PBN is required for the route or procedure to be flown:
AMC1 SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC2 SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC3 SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC4 SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC5 SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC6 SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC7 SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
AMC8 SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
GM1 SPO.OP.116 Performance-based navigation – aeroplanes and helicopters
SPO.OP.120 Noise abatement procedures
The pilot-in-command shall take into account published noise abatement procedures to minimise the effect of aircraft noise while ensuring that safety has…
SPO.OP.125 Minimum obstacle clearance altitudes – IFR flights
The operator shall specify a method to establish minimum flight altitudes that provide the required terrain clearance for all route segments to be flown…
AMC1 SPO.OP.125 Minimum obstacle clearance altitudes – IFR flights
SPO.OP.130 Fuel/energy scheme – aeroplanes and helicopters
The operator shall establish, implement, and maintain a fuel/energy scheme that comprises:
SPO.OP.131 Fuel/energy scheme – fuel/energy planning and in flight re-planning policy – aeroplanes and helicopters
As part of the fuel/energy scheme, the operator shall establish a fuel/energy planning and inflight re-planning policy to ensure that the aircraft…
SPO.OP.135 Safety briefing
The operator shall ensure that, prior to take-off task specialists are given a briefing on:
SPO.OP.140 Flight preparation
Before commencing a flight, the pilot-in-command shall ascertain by every reasonable means available that the space-based facilities, ground and/or water…
SPO.OP.143 Destination alternate aerodromes planning minima — aeroplanes
An aerodrome shall not be specified as a destination alternate aerodrome unless the available current meteorological information indicates, for the…
SPO.OP.144 Destination alternate aerodrome planning minima — helicopters
The operator shall only select an aerodrome as a destination alternate aerodrome if the available current meteorological information indicates, for the…
SPO.OP.145 Take-off alternate aerodromes — complex motorpowered aeroplanes
For IFR flights, the pilot-in-command shall specify at least one weather-permissible take-off alternate aerodrome in the flight plan if the…
SPO.OP.150 Destination alternate aerodromes – aeroplanes
For IFR flights, the pilot-in-command shall specify at least one weather-permissible destination alternate aerodrome in the flight plan, unless:
SPO.OP.151 Destination alternate aerodromes – helicopters
For IFR flights, the pilot-in-command shall specify at least one weather-permissible destination alternate aerodrome in the flight plan, unless:
SPO.OP.152 Destination aerodromes – instrument approach operations
The pilot-in-command shall ensure that sufficient means are available to navigate and land at the destination aerodrome or at any destination alternate…
AMC1 SPO.OP.152 Destination aerodromes — instrument approach operations
GM1 SPO.OP.152 Destination aerodromes – instrument approach operations
GM2 SPO.OP.152 Destination aerodromes — instrument approach operations
SPO.OP.155 Refuelling with persons embarking, on board or disembarking
The aircraft shall not be refuelled with aviation gasoline (AVGAS) or wide-cut type fuel or a mixture of these types of fuel, when persons are embarking…
AMC1 SPO.OP.155 Refuelling with persons embarking, on board or disembarking
AMC2 SPO.OP.155 Refuelling with persons embarking, on board or disembarking
GM1 SPO.OP.155 Refuelling with persons embarking, on board or disembarking
SPO.OP.157 Refuelling with engine(s) and/or rotors turning – helicopters
Refuelling with engine(s) and/or rotors turning shall only be conducted:
AMC1 SPO.OP.157 Refuelling with engine(s) and/or rotors turning — helicopters
AMC2 SPO.OP.157 Refuelling with the engine(s) running and/or rotors turning — helicopters
GM1 SPO.OP.157 Refuelling with the engine(s) and/or rotors turning — helicopters
SPO.OP.160 Use of headset
Each flight crew member required to be on duty in the flight crew compartment shall wear a headset with boom microphone or equivalent and use it as the…
SPO.OP.165 Smoking
The pilot-in-command shall not allow smoking on board or during refuelling or defuelling of the aircraft.
SPO.OP.170 Meteorological conditions
The pilot-in-command shall only commence or continue a VFR flight if the latest available meteorological information indicates that the meteorological…
AMC1 SPO.OP.170 Meteorological conditions
SPO.OP.175 Ice and other contaminants – ground procedures
The pilot-in-command shall only commence take-off if the aircraft is clear of any deposit that might adversely affect the performance or controllability…
GM1 SPO.OP.175 Ice and other contaminants – ground procedures
GM2 SPO.OP.175 Ice and other contaminants – ground procedures
GM3 SPO.OP.175 Ice and other contaminants – ground procedures
SPO.OP.176 Ice and other contaminants – flight procedures
The pilot-in-command shall only commence a flight or intentionally fly into expected or actual icing conditions if the aircraft is certified and equipped…
AMC1 SPO.OP.176 Ice and other contaminants – flight procedures
SPO.OP.180 Take-off conditions — aeroplanes and helicopters
Before commencing take-off, the pilot-in-command shall be satisfied that:
SPO.OP.185 Simulated situations in flight
Unless a task specialist is on-board the aircraft for training, the pilot-in-command shall, when carrying task specialists, not simulate:
SPO.OP.190 Fuel/energy scheme – in-flight fuel/energy management policy
The operator of complex motor-powered aircraft shall establish procedures to ensure that inflight fuel/energy checks and fuel/energy management are…
GM1 SPO.OP.190(b) &(d) Fuel/energy scheme — in-flight fuel/energy management policy
GM1 SPO.OP.190(c) Fuel/energy scheme — in-flight fuel/energy management policy
SPO.OP.195 Use of supplemental oxygen
The operator shall ensure that task specialists and crew members use supplemental oxygen continuously whenever the cabin altitude exceeds 10 000 ft for a…
SPO.OP.200 Ground proximity detection
When undue proximity to the ground is detected by a flight crew member or by a ground proximity warning system, the pilot flying shall take corrective…
SPO.OP.205 Airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS)
The operator shall establish operational procedures and training programmes when ACAS is installed and serviceable so that the flight crew is…
SPO.OP.210 Approach and landing conditions — aeroplanes and helicopters
Before commencing an approach operation, the pilot-in-command shall be satisfied that:
AMC1 SPO.OP.210 Approach and landing conditions — aeroplanes
GM1 SPO.OP.210 Approach and landing conditions — aeroplanes
GM2 SPO.OP.210 Approach and landing conditions — aeroplanes
GM3 SPO.OP.210 Approach and landing conditions —aeroplanes
SPO.OP.211 Approach and landing conditions – helicopters
Before commencing an approach to land, the pilot-in-command shall be satisfied that, according to the information available, the weather at the aerodrome…
AMC1 SPO.OP.211 Approach and landing conditions — helicopters
SPO.OP.215 Commencement and continuation of approach
For aeroplanes, if the reported visibility (VIS) or controlling RVR for the runway to be used for landing is less than the applicable minimum, then an…
GM1 SPO.OP.215 Commencement and continuation of approach
AMC1 SPO.OP.215(a) Commencement and continuation of approach
AMC1 SPO.OP.215(b) Commencement and continuation of approach
AMC1 SPO.OP.215(c) Commencement and continuation of approach
SPO.OP.230 Standard operating procedures
Before commencing a specialised operation, the operator shall conduct a risk assessment, assessing the complexity of the activity to determine the…
AMC1 SPO.OP.230 Standard operating procedures
SPO.OP.235 EFVS 200 operations
An operator that intends to conduct EFVS 200 operations with operational credits and without a specific approval shall ensure that:
GM1 SPO.OP.235 EFVS 200 operations
AMC1 SPO.OP.235(a)(1) EFVS 200 operations
AMC1 SPO.OP.235(a)(2) EFVS 200 operations
AMC2 SPO.OP.235(a)(2) EFVS 200 operations
AMC1 SPO.OP.235(a)(3) EFVS 200 operations
AMC2 SPO.OP.235(a)(3) EFVS 200 operations
AMC3 SPO.OP.235(a)(3) EFVS 200 operations
AMC4 SPO.OP.235(a)(3) EFVS 200 operations
AMC5 SPO.OP.235(a)(3) EFVS 200 operations
GM1 SPO.OP.235(a)(3) EFVS 200 operations
AMC1 SPO.OP.235(a)(4) EFVS 200 operations
AMC1 SPO.OP.235(a)(8) EFVS 200 operations
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