JAR docs and the structure of docs
 

2 things really.

Can anyone explain the documentation hirearcy under JAR. What I want to know is in what order must the regulations be obeyed. I.e. Regs/AOM/PART A etc.

and is there anywhere I can access the JAR documents applicable to pilots online.

Thanks in advance. :)

Hmm
 

Start out with jaa website then follow the link to JARs. Guess only section 1 is availiable.

Enjoy! :D
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In 1944 the various aviation nations around the world held a convention in Chicago called The 1944 Convention of International Civil Aviation. The Chicago convention resulted in a formal document containing 96 articles, supported by 18 annexes, that covered Standards and Recommended practices for the operation of civil aviation. The document also authorised the formation of The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) (Article 43).

ICAO develops and modifies where necessary the Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) - which are a set of rules for Civil aviation, and the Procedures for Air Navigation Services (PANS).

It is up to each country to implement the SARPs and PANS by enshrining them in the laws of that country. Some smaller nations simply use the raw ICAO recommendations. Older countries (at least older in aviation history terms) have differences that they like to keep. These differences are notified to ICAO.

For Europe, the European Community wanted a standard throughout Europe, so the European Civil Aviation Conference, and its associated body, the Joint Aviation Authority (JAA) produce the JARs, which are based on ICAO PANS, but contain some minor differences.

Each country in Europe enacts the JARs through their own legislature, however as the JARs don't cover everything yet, each country has a mix of JARs and home-grown rules. The eventual aim in Europe is to have one safety authority for all of the EU (to be called the European Aviation Safety Authority) which will take over from individual authorities like Britains CAA.