Originally Posted by rabcnesbitt
Now Manx2 do not have an AOC the NM number they use has IATA questioning its system. Manx2 are not an airline, do not have nor ever did have and AOC. Since when did a travel agent get involved with the AAIB?
Hmmm... In theory to obtain a IATA/ICAO designator, you must have a commercial air operator license issued by the CAA of the country of resistration (registration of business, not necessarily of the a/c), which is verified before the designator is awarded. If somehow this is not the case here, I too envision a pretty big can of thin wriggly things, with the lid slowly rising...
Last time I checked, EU-OPS minimum requirements for a commercial air operator license are the full-time employment of three suitably qualified post holders, one each for flight ops, maintenance & safety & security, plus a proof of adequate funding.