How likely is a SAFA check?
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If we were limited by duty time this was really bad.
I know of an A320 finding regarding taking off over the structural weight, all because the crew had loaded 500 kgs for taxi in CDG, and couldn't prove that they would actually burn 500 kgs!
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Not true! 
HE EXAMINERS ARE ABLE TO SIGN MY CERTIFICATE (SWEDISH) THE DANISH ONES AND THE UK ONES, BUT NOT THE GERMAN ONES......THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO SEND THEIR PAPERWORK TO THE LBA AND THEN RECEIVE A NEW CERTIFICATE.
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We are pleased by ramp checks whenever we fly to France. Obviously, they love us. I am aware of repetitive findings regarding wordings within the (national authoritiy approved) manuals, which seem to be not appreciated by certain DGAC inspectors.
In the future do we have to file revisions to the national authority and to the DGAC regarding wordings, and in addition to the Greeks regarding stickers in the bay, and to the…?
They blow-up the whole SAFA system and make it useless for safety. But of course creating new jobs for inspectors. Discraceful.
In the future do we have to file revisions to the national authority and to the DGAC regarding wordings, and in addition to the Greeks regarding stickers in the bay, and to the…?
They blow-up the whole SAFA system and make it useless for safety. But of course creating new jobs for inspectors. Discraceful.
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We had a 24 hour turn through Stansted about 2 weeks ago, no SAFA check but I felt we were well prepared with our binder. One question for anyone in the know. While we have all of our manuals on board (AFM, FCOM, QRH, etc.), would a currently updated manufacturers flightdeck version (in this case Bombardier) on iPad suffice? The question has been asked at NBAA and the IOC with answers all over the map.
I would guess (!) that if manuals in electronic format are legal for your operation (approved by your national authority, such as the FAA) then there is not much a SAFA inspector can say or do about it.
