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FAA paper licences to expire 31 March 2010 |
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Pilots cannot exercise the privileges of their PAPER pilot certificates after March 31, 2010.
Certificates issued under 14 CFR Part 63 and 65 will expire March 31, 2013. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 06 January 2010 )
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US SMS (update) |
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Regardless FAA's decision on implementation thresholds for domestic operations, aircraft operating outside the US will be expected to comply with Safety Management Systems (SMS) not later than the end of October 2010. SMS is the core of IS-BAO; albeit, IS-BAO is NOT required as the sole acceptable method of compliance. SMS development and implementation is time consuming so we urge all operators to begin as soon as possible. Resources and reference material are available from NBAA, training agencies, and IBAC (www.ibac.org). You are also welcome to contact IPS for recommendations and suggestions regarding "acceptable means of compliance" (AMC). |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 25 October 2009 )
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EU Emmissions Trading "Scheme" (ETS) |
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Do you need to do anything to comply with Europe's Scheme? |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 October 2009 )
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LASP Debacle |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 October 2009 )
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Chinese RVSM |
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(Update: 25 Oct 08) China implemented its permanent transition to a metric equivalent of RVSM, effective 21 Nov 2007. Please check NOTAMS and charts if planning ops in theatre during this period. Contact IPS if you wish to purchase our table that includes both Chinese and Russian cruising altitudes.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 October 2009 )
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F/O Type Ratings (Update 18Feb07) |
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Effective 6 June 2006; non-type rated First Officers whom are planning to operate outside of US Airspace, will be required to obtain a "co-pilot's type rating" from your FSDO. Guidance is available from the FAA website, in FAA Notice 8000.351 http://www.faa.gov/library/manuals/examiners_inspectors/8000/media/N8000_351.pdf Alternately, they may be trained to type rating PTS by Flight Safety, CAE or a designated PPE. This is crucial to port state conformity checks (ala SAFA et al). |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 October 2009 )
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Offset Recommendation |
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IPS recommends offsets in any airspace where ATC might be compromised, whether in Class I or Class II airspace. Somewhat like SLOP, we have extended our decade old policy for Africa to any region where GPS and RVSM accuracy have the potential of delivering aircraft radome to radome with any gaps in traffic management. Offsets are always within the containment value of the airspace (.1 to .7 nm right of course) and intended to miss other traffic. See the editorial in ProPilot's December 2006, issue ( Outer Marker Inbound ). |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 October 2009 )
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ICAO age 60 & other Annex 1 Changes |
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Age limit for flight crew and other Annex 1 changes to SARPs Amendment 167 to Annex 1
The ICAO Council adopted on 10 March 2006 an amendment to Annex 1 - Personnel Licensing that increases by five years the upper age limit for commercial pilots operating two-pilot aircraft. Althought this applies to ICAO airspace, contracting states have to either adopt the change or publish an exception to the ICAO change. The US will likely publish an exception since the FAA still holds as current the "Age 60 Rule". (By the way, the US holds more exceptions to the Convention than any other single country.) The new provisions become applicable on 23 November 2006, will affect rights of contracting and adopting states to implement. IPS has made all 65 pages of the ICAO CWP available online (at the end of next page), which covers other significant changes to Annex 1. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 October 2009 )
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Operations Over Africa |
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 How do you tell when you are flying over Africa?
Seriously, traffic tripled in the 1990's and continues to grow. Despite recent inprovements, traffic management in Africa remains deficient--critically so in some areas. Some controllers do not communicate effectively with aircraft under their "control". Some centers do not communicate with one another-at times due to equipment, sometimes due to politics. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 October 2009 )
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Download Eurpoean SAFA Inspection Form |
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 IPS seeks to communicate to all GA operators the validity and significance of SAFA inspections, currently in use in Europe and the ECAC countries*. The method of determining aircraft to be checked may be random or targeted, and may depend upon variables such as the number of inspectors available, causal factors, suspicion of not upholding ICAO standards, et cetera. The number of inspections will range from very few to several hundred per year, per country. Download a copy of a SAFA form,.....
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 07 October 2009 )
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