ANOs FARs etc
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A tricky question - the ansewr depends a bit on how accurate you want to be.
As far as I understand them, the FARs are detailed rules which set out how everything aviation shall be done. Knowing even less about US law I'm not sure what it is that makes the FARs mandatory, but I guess there's some law that says 'If you do aviation you have to do it the way the FARs say'.
Here in the UK the equivalent rules are liberally sprinked about in ANOs, CAPs, and operator-specific manuals (pilots have an Operations Manual air traffic controllers have a Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 2 etc.).
ANOs can cover anything and in any level of detail but broadly speaking, the really important things that must happen go into the ANO as do the frameworks by which certain things are done.
To try and explain these a bit better, an example of the first might be the 'approach ban' which says something like if a pilot has't got the required minima when the aircraft reaches 1000ft, the aircarft cannot descend below 1000ft - an absolute rule. An example of the second might be, if you own an airport and want to put in a FISO service you have to produce a manual and get a licence - but the exact details of what needs to go in the manual and how you get a licence are in CAPs.
It gets more fun when you realise that the rules in the CAPs can be bent if the CAA accept different rules in the operator-specific manuals.
I write this from a non-professional perspective so I'll bow to those who know what they're talking about. A last thought - I think that Europe-wide rules (JAR-OPS and JAR-FCL) may have resulted in more detailed rules going into the ANO whereas they might previously have gone into CAPs!
So, are FARs equivalent to ANOs - yes and no!
Hope this helps.
[Edited 'cos I can't spell]
[ 22 September 2001: Message edited by: NextLeftAndCallGround ]
As far as I understand them, the FARs are detailed rules which set out how everything aviation shall be done. Knowing even less about US law I'm not sure what it is that makes the FARs mandatory, but I guess there's some law that says 'If you do aviation you have to do it the way the FARs say'.
Here in the UK the equivalent rules are liberally sprinked about in ANOs, CAPs, and operator-specific manuals (pilots have an Operations Manual air traffic controllers have a Manual of Air Traffic Services Part 2 etc.).
ANOs can cover anything and in any level of detail but broadly speaking, the really important things that must happen go into the ANO as do the frameworks by which certain things are done.
To try and explain these a bit better, an example of the first might be the 'approach ban' which says something like if a pilot has't got the required minima when the aircraft reaches 1000ft, the aircarft cannot descend below 1000ft - an absolute rule. An example of the second might be, if you own an airport and want to put in a FISO service you have to produce a manual and get a licence - but the exact details of what needs to go in the manual and how you get a licence are in CAPs.
It gets more fun when you realise that the rules in the CAPs can be bent if the CAA accept different rules in the operator-specific manuals.
I write this from a non-professional perspective so I'll bow to those who know what they're talking about. A last thought - I think that Europe-wide rules (JAR-OPS and JAR-FCL) may have resulted in more detailed rules going into the ANO whereas they might previously have gone into CAPs!
So, are FARs equivalent to ANOs - yes and no!
Hope this helps.
[Edited 'cos I can't spell]
[ 22 September 2001: Message edited by: NextLeftAndCallGround ]
