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Operations

Henrik Svensson TO Operations & Flight Safety European Gliding Union

From NCO OPS to Part-SAO

Background

AIR OPS Annex I to VIII - from 1679 pages…. Very complex – difficult to find rules for gliding!

Way forward To less then 20 pages…. Part-Gliding OPS Annex I: Definitions Annex II: Part-ARO Annex III: Part-ORO Annex IV: Part-CAT Annex V: Part-SPA Annex VI: Part-NCC Annex VII: Part-NCO Annex VIII: Part-SPO

Delete CAT for gliding Delete SPO for gliding

Part-Gliding OPS

Part-Gliding OPS

• Definitions – sailplane, SLG, TMG etc.
• Introductory flights
• Responsibilities PIC
• Documents
• Passenger briefing
• Weighing and CG
• Instrument and equipment (required)
• Min. equipment for flying
• Instruments for VFR operations
• Instruments for cloudflying
• Seats and restraint systems
• Supplemental oxygen
• Survival equipment
• Radio communication equipment
• Navigation equipment
• Transponder

Work with Part-Gliding OPS – time table

20 Feb EGU Congress Graz 10 -11 May EASA (Workshop OPS) First meeting about part-gliding OPS OPS work in part-gliding will be a task where EASA invites experts based on nominations from EGU, Manufactures and Authorities. 15 Mars Consultation with EGU OPS working group 15 April Consultation with EGU members December EASA (Workshop OPS)

Revision of the operational rules for sailplanes (RMT.0698)

• The first working meeting concerning Revision of the
• perational rules for sailplanes (RMT.0698) was held in

Cologne 10-11 May 2016

• EGU was represented by Patrick Pauwels and Henrik

Svensson

• Jan Boettcher, EASA is Project Manager

• We provided the position and concerns of EGU there we

explained that one major proposal of EGU is to delete Part- CAT and Part-SPO for sailplanes and to establish AIR OPS rules of less than 20 pages, that is a simple rulebook for gliding.

• After this first meeting we had a draft Regulation for AIR

OPS sailplanes, a single document including annexes to this regulation.  aim for a simple solution where we think that everything concerning gliding should be normal

• peration!

• The second working meeting was held in September. We

made some good progress in some areas, but we still need to find a better solution regarding special operations and we are also discussing the need for commercial operation during this meeting.

• We consider that aerotowing and aerobatics outside of air

displays are not specialised operations and we will continue to push our statement at the next meeting in November.

 We also discussed the issue about non-members taking introductory flights and its relation to marginal effects on the total activity; this is an area we still need to make some more progress. If all persons become a day-member and fly an introductory flight – then it is no problem…

• The third meeting was in November and here discussions

focused on which kind of operation that should be treated as specialised operations?  Competitions flights was earlier agreed to be normal

• peration

 We continued the discussions about removing sailplane towing and aerobatics from special operations, and Jan proposed the following solution by adding information in AMC, which in practice mean that we can carry out sailplane towing and aerobatics as normal operation.

Workshop in December. The most important questions for the workshop was these major topics:

• Cost-shared operations – about direct cost or alternative option as direct

and annual cost etc.

• Specialised operations – that sailplane towing, aerobatics etc. are normal
• perations
• Commercial operations – do we need a separate subpart ADD for com.

Operations?

• The participants agreed that we should aim for cost-shared
• perations as direct and annual cost etc.

 For specialised operations we all agreed that this is normal

• peration!

For the big question: Do we need extra regulations for commercial

• perations or not? We had a long discussion and we ended up that there is

no difference in operation, if we fly normal operation or commercial

• peration, and that additional regulations do not add more safety.

Meeting no 4 was held Jan 31 – Feb 1 2017 in Cologne.

• Discussions of written comments received after the workshop

and several of the comments were reviewed during the revision

• f the rules and focus was now on IR. Many of the comments

had also been identified within our group.

 We all accepted to delete – Flight Crew Member as we have only PIC. But the term ‘crew member’ should stay (if a pilot conducts e.g. a proficiency check with an instructor on board, then the instructor is the PIC and the pilot is not a passenger, but still a crew member). We agreed on a definition: Crew-member means a person assigned by an operator to perform duties onboard the sailplane under the authority of the PIC.

• Regarding documents, manuals and information to be

carried; All documents can be at the aerodrome or

• perating site when:
• carry out aerobatics; or
• remain within the sight of the aerodrome or
• perating

It is also ok with digital copies of all documents!

• Use of operating sites? It is ok according to def. for PIC to

decide

Regarding TMG – IFR and night?

• Can TMGs be used for IFR operation? - It is very clear the

almost no TMGs is certified for this of today and it is not probably that it will be in the future…

• Night flying with TMGs? - We agreed that we have no

approved TMGs for night operation.

• Still we have problems to place cloud flying in the right box

as ICAO only refer to VFR or IFR.  It can also be of interest to have some information/ definition of a powered sailplane and TMG, it could be presented in GM

Proposed GM Powered sailplanes are divided in two groups, self-sustaining and self-launching sailplanes, whereby self-launching sailplanes are divided again in two subcategories. The design of self-sustaining sailplane is usually based on the design of a non-powered

• sailplane. It is not capable of taking off under its own power but of performing a climb

and to bridge the distance to the next updraft. The engine and/or propeller is retractable in the most cases. Landings are performed without using an engine. A self-launchable sailplane is capable of taking off under its own power. Self- launchable sailplanes divide in a category of sailplanes where the design in usually based on the design of a non-powered sailplane, the engine and/or propeller is usually retractable, the endurance is limited, and landings are performed without using an engine. The other subcategory of self-launchable sailplanes is usually designed for having the engine running during all phases of flight, capable of taxiing with the wing level and having an endurance of several hours. A common term for this subcategory is touring motor glider (TMG).

The outcome so far can be summarised as follows

Commercial operations: Agreement that no dedicated set of rules is necessary Declaration: Several attendees made it clear that for commercial operations a

declaration is needed to ensure an oversight, other attendees proposed to delete the rules as regards the declaration. Decision: A declaration is required for commercial

• perations.

Specialised operations: The meeting agreed that towing, aerobatic and

competition flights are not seen as specialised operations, and worked on justification for the explanatory note of the Opinion. PEDs: The majority of the attendees made it clear that in their opinion the ‘precautionary rules’ as regards the use of PEDs should be deleted. No final decision made.

No extensive additional requirements for commercial operations: EASA decided not to introduce additional requirements for commercial

• perations, except for requiring a declaration (see below). The main

reasons are:  using a risk-based approach, no indication could be identified that a commercial flight with a pilot and one passenger is more riskier than the same flight, but non-commercial; and such additional requirements would mean an unnecessary administrative burden and an overregulation.

Text from draft opinion/explanatory Note

Declaration (SAO.400): At present there are only very few

commercial operations with sailplanes conducted within the Union. However, to enable the competent authority obtaining an overview on these commercial operations, EASA decided to require a declaration to be provided by the operator of such operations. This decision was made in agreement with the opinion of the majority of competent authorities, and was accepted also by the stakeholders

Text from draft opinion/explanatory Note

Cost-sharing (paragraph (d) of SAO.400): In Regulation (EU) No

965/2012, cost-shared operations by private individuals are permitted under the condition that only the direct costs are shared. The majority of external experts expressed that:  annual costs should also be shared; and  an equal share between the pilot and the passenger should be prescribed. Since a similar proposal was made by EASA for balloons, which during the Commission comitology process was not accepted, EASA decided not to follow the proposal of the majority of the external experts. Instead, as for other aircraft it is only required to share the direct costs.

Text from draft opinion/explanatory Note

Specialised operations

During the substantial discussion on this subject it became clear that sailplane towing, competition and aerobatic flights should not be considered as specialised operations due to the following reasons:

 sailplane towing is a very common launch method, indeed the only launch method at some clubs. It is in no way unusual or a specialised operation;  competition flights are a normal part of operations. This holds for both, formal competitions and regularly with informal competitive flying between cross country

• pilots. It can be concluded that extra risk assessments and checklists would bring no

safety benefit.  aerobatic flights are common in instructional and other flying, and are considered an acknowledged method of improving handling skills of pilots. This holds particularly, since the range of attitudes routinely adopted by sailplanes is much wider than for other general aviation aircraft. Simple aerobatics may well occur in a flight without them having been planned in advance. Therefore, requiring a formal risk assessments and extra checklists would be a problem.

Text from draft opinion/explanatory Note

In summary, introducing additional requirements to treat such

• perations as other than normal operations would be disproportionate

and of no benefit, and merely would lead to an extra bureaucratic

• verhead. Following this approach EASA decided to assign sailplane

towing, competition and aerobatic flights as normal operations. Therefore, the list of specialised operations for sailplanes, provided in the AMC/GM, contains the following flights:  parachute operations;  aerial advertising flights, i.e. banner towing with powered sailplanes;  news media flights, television and movie flights; and  flying display.

Text from draft opinion/explanatory Note

The structure of the draft new rules for sailplanes is as follows: 1.Cover Regulation 2.Annex I (Part-DEF) –Definitions 3.Annex II (Part-SAO) –Sailplane air operations

— Article 1 ‘Subject matter and scope’ — Article 2 ‘Definitions’ — Article 3 ‘Air operations’ — Article 4 ‘Derogations’ — Article 5 ‘Entry into force’

Cover Regulation

Annex I (Part-DEF) — Definitions In addition to Article 2 of the act, Annex I contains numerous definitions related to sailplane operations which are used in Annex II. Annex II (Part-SAO) — Sailplane air

• perations

Part-SAO contains the rules to be followed by all operators conducting non- commercial as well as commercial sailplane operations. The rules of this Part have been mainly extracted from Part- NCO of Regulation (EU) No 965/2012. Other text has been amended and simplified

Part-SAO is further subdivided into the following five subparts: — Subpart GEN ‘General requirements’: It contains the basic organisation and operating requirements, — Subpart OP ‘Operating procedures’: It contains all basic rules as regards

• perating procedures.

— Subpart POL ‘Performance and operating limitations’: This short section contains rules concerning

• perating

limitations, weighing and performance in general. — Subpart IDE ‘Instruments, data and equipment’: It contains rules on instruments and equipment in general — Subpart DEC ‘Declaration’: This short section contains rules on the declaration for commercial operations.

Finally, the appendix to Part-SAO contains the form for a declaration.

 End of February: to decide on the need for Meeting 5 on 29-30 March 2017  February/March: further drafting by EASA  March/April (probably a 3-weeks period): final review by the experts  April – June: EASA-internal review, processing June: publication of Opinion

Next steps/meetings

26.4.2016 16.11. – 23.12.2016 30.6.2017 2018/Q2 2018/Q2

Regulation to apply from 8 April 2019

EASA is of the opinion that the simple structure of Part-SAO meets the needs of stakeholders. This especially holds, since Part-SAO contains 12 typed pages only. Sailplane pilots and operators are expected to be able to handle such concise regulatory framework, which does not compromise safety, easier than the present rules.

Text from draft opinion/explanatory Note

Glider safety and statistics  statistics from NAAs regarding number of fatal accidents, accidents and incidents.  This data lack production data now, so no references about number of accidents per launches etc.  The data is then presented in a matrix they call Sailplane risk portfolio, where safety issues are addressed and key risk areas (outcomes) are

• presented. This will eventually lead to safety promotion actions for the

priority safety issues.  Glider CAG – CAG means Collaborative Analysis Group. There will be no glider CAG – instead EGU support EASA The need of collecting data?