Thank you Skyjob for the EASA reference.
When you read the definition on commencement of flight, it says
"the point when an aircraft begins to move under its own power for the purpose of preparing for take-off".
You could read this in two ways, either as beginning of the taxi phase, or the Take Off roll. But in the "old" JAR documents it says further :
"The operator's MEL should include procedures to deal with any failures which
occur between the start of taxi or push back and take-off brake release (see
ACJ to JAR-MMEL/MEL.001(d)). Any failure which occurs after take-off
commences should be dealt with as an in-flight failure, by reference to the
appropriate section of the Aircraft Flight Manual, if necessary."
(do you have the above as an EASA document ?)
As I understand it, "the point when an aircraft begins to move under its own power for the purpose of preparing for take-off" means the taxi phase, agree ?
If that is correct, then according the above, we should have tailored "on-ground Abnormal Procedures" (we fly Airbus`s) to cover the part of the flight from were it commences (beginning of taxi) until T/O ?