NAA approval under EU OPS
IIRC, it is in the JAA-OPST Ch 4 JIP, Part 2, Appendix 7A, para 1; and is a procedure that the EU NAA is supposed to ensure when assessing an JAA/EU AOC. My reference is about 18 months old. This requirement covers alterations to IFR procedures, reinforcing JAA/EU-OPS 1.230(c) which an EOSID "arguably" is. (A VFR procedure would not be an issue....).
I don't necessarily agree with this practice, but there is some benefit if the local ATC services are aware of the operators proposed EOSID, they may have some local information that could be beneficial.
(The procedure would affect the NAA's ISM Ch 4, 5, 6 & 9 implementation, if applied in practice).
Cheers,
FDR
Last edited by fdr; 25th February 2010 at 23:55.
Reason: correcting reference