Originally Posted by
Alpine Flyer
This certainly needs some international standardization. Our company uses a system where you get qualified for a rather complex AR approach and that qualification is then extended to simpler AR approaches but eventually this should be made part of the ordinary licensing/rating system rather than an add-on requiring two extra pieces of paper.
That's what "authorization required" is all about. Each and every RNP AR approach has to be individually approved using the proper process. In the U.S. it begins with Advisory Circular 90-101A.