Frosty Hoar
What the JAA have done is to define the ops officer training standard and in the UK's case, this brings them/us into line with the ICAO recommendation for the training of ops and flight dispatch personnel (as I understand it). EASA are reviewing the requirement for a FOO/FD licence for the future.
The clincher here, is just how far will the UK CAA and British airlines go with this new requirement. As a syllabus for the training of ops staff must now be defined in Part D, airlines must consider what they need out of ICAO Doc 7192 D3 as their training requirement. The CAA will, I presume, need to have an outline themselves as to what is required for various types of operation.
My approach, as you know, has been to try an establish the ICAO 7192 D3 course as a de facto licence in the UK, hence my efforts to get the GCNS course recognised as such and to provide a course which meets the new requirement. That is, if you have completed the course you will have met the necessary training for any operation and hopefully make yourself a much more marketable individual. No licence, but by doing the training you save the airline the trouble.
Last edited by no sig; 29th January 2005 at 15:33.