DFC:
Thanks for your comments.
“Provided that a full survey has been completed then the only reason why I can think a flight check would be required is to check the signal quality and track guidance provided by the navigation aids used to define the required track (if any).”
A full obstacle clearance survey was completed for the OEI . Regarding the nav aids, this would not be a factor.
”If this was a standard approach and missed approach procedure doesn't the faa require the aid and the procedure to be flight checked on a regular basis?”
This is not a standard missed approach – the special missed approach, requires an 8% climb gradient – hence the necessity for the OEI missed procedure.
”Thus the FAA are not requiring any OEI take-off procedure to be checked - these are purely the responsibility of the operator. They are requiring that this new approach procedure and it's associated missed approach be checked in the same way that believe all approach procedures are checked before publication.”
Sorry – only on my second cup of coffee, but I’m having difficulty following the logic of your “thus” statement. This OEI procedure is not routinely checked by the FAA, in the same manner, that no OEI procedures are checked by the FAA for either take off or missed approaches.
”The OEI take-off procedure has nothing to do with it.”
I included the reference to the takeoff OIE for 2 reasons:
1. The requirement for a OEI takeoff when obstacle clearance cannot be maintained in the normal takeoff, path is well founded in the FARs (not sure about JAROPS). Not so for the OEI missed approach. However, most, if not all, reputable operators provide the OEI missed procedure where indicated. Just to be clear, once again, in this particular application a full and complete obstacle clearance analysis was produced applying the same clearance limit standards required for takeoff. My point is that if this new FAA policy is good for the missed approach, it is even more established for the takeoff OEI procedure. Can you imagine the uproar if the FAA declares all of these procedures null and void until they can be flight checked?
2. I also included the reference to the OEI takeoff procedure because, in this particular case, it is an exact overlay of the OEI missed procedure which was proposed. It is very likely that the vertical flight path for the missed approach would exceed that of the OEI takeoff procedure (I have not checked all the #’s) yet the FAA concludes that only the missed OEI must be checked? If this policy change proceeds, the only logical conclusion that I can draw is that takeoff OEI must also be flight checked.
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