CABIN CREW REQUIREMENTS

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CABIN CREW REQUIREMENTS
7 May 2009, Tallinn
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CABIN CREW REQUIREMENTS what for ?
Cabin and Passenger safety Assistance and
protection of passengers, cabin surveillance,
first-aid, fire-fighting, survival ... Flight
safety and Security Contribution to prevention
and mitigation of hazards, incidents, accidents
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Content

• 1. Context and trends
• 2. Regulatory background
• 3. Regulation (EC) 216/2008
• What is known and what is new
• 4. NPA proposed Implementing Rules
• Cabin crew, Operators, Authorities

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1. Context and trends

• Single market, competition, mobility
• Passengers profile
• Change in biometrics and behaviour
• Security rules
• Sterile cockpit and major change in procedures
• Air passengers rights
• Growing demands of the travelling public
• Very large transport aeroplanes
• Ultra-long range operations

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2. Regulatory background
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Regulatory background

• ICAO Annex 6
• Part I Chapter 12
• Part II Chapter 3.12
• Development of different national regulatory
  systems in the Member States

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Regulatory backgroundFirst steps towards
harmonisation

• From the early 90s JAR-OPS 1
• To be transposed by the Member States into their
  national legislation
• Rules directed to the Operators responsible for
  the competence of cabin crew
• Allowed national variants different processes
• Since 16 July 2008 EU OPS
• Requirements to the Operator ( Section 1 of
  JAR-OPS 1)
• New attestation as evidence of initial safety
  training, issued to the CCM by the Authority, or
  on its behalf by an operator or a training
  organisation specifically approved to do so
• Towards more harmonisation but some national
  differences remain

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Regulatory backgroundTowards harmonisation EU
OPS

• Only for cabin crew in commercial air transport
• Minimum requirements
• Medical fitness required to be assessed at
  regular intervals but no detailed medical
  requirements implementation ranges
• from self-assessment by the individual
• to medical certification according to national
  rules
• Common training requirements but interpretation
  and implementation vary depending on the Member
  State and on the operator

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Regulatory background Towards harmonisation EU
OPS

• The views of the EU legislator regarding EU OPS
  provisions for cabin crew
• as stated in a new recital to Regulation (EEC)
  3922/91
• In the review of certain provisions referred
  to in Article 8a, the course towards further
  harmonisation of cabin crew training requirements
  hitherto adopted should be maintained, in order
  to facilitate the free movement of cabin crew
  personnel within the Community. In this context,
  the possibility of further harmonisation of cabin
  crew qualifications should be re-examined.

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3. Regulation (EC) 216/2008 - BR
FURTHER HARMONISATION OF CABIN CREW
QUALIFICATIONS ?
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BR - Article 2 Objectives

• 1. The principal objective of this Regulation is
  to establish and maintain a high uniform level
  of civil aviation safety in Europe
• 2. Additional objectives ()
• (b) to facilitate the free movement of goods,
  persons and services
• (f) to provide a level playing field for all
  actors in the internal aviation market.

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BR - Article 2 Objectives

• 3. The means of achieving the objectives set out
  in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be
• (a) the preparation, adoption and uniform
  application of all necessary acts
• (b) the recognition, without additional
  requirements, of certificates, licences,
  approvals or other documents granted to
  products, personnel and organisations in
  accordance with this Regulation and its
  implementing rules
• (d) the uniform implementation of all necessary
  acts by the national aviation authorities and
  the Agency within their respective areas of
  responsibility.

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BR - Article 8 Air operations

• 4. Cabin crew involved in the operation of
  aircraft referred to in Article 4(1)(b) and (c)
  shall comply with the essential requirements laid
  down in Annex IV.
• Those involved in commercial operations shall
  hold an attestation as initially set out in Annex
  III, Subpart O, point (d) of OPS 1.1005 as set
  out in Regulation (EC) 1899/2006 of the European
  Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006
  amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 (1)
  at the discretion of the Member State, such
  attestation may be issued by approved operators
  or training organisations.

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BR - Article 8 Air operations

• 5. The measures designed to amend non-essential
  elements of this Article, by supplementing it,
  shall be adopted in accordance with the
  regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in
  Article 65(4). Those measures shall specify in
  particular
• (e) conditions for issuing, maintaining,
  amending, limiting, suspending or revoking the
  cabin crew attestation referred to in paragraph 4

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BR - Annex IV Essential requirements for air
operations

• 7.a. The number and composition of the crew must
  be determined taking into account
• (i) the certification limitations of the
  aircraft, including if applicable, the relevant
  emergency evacuation demonstration
• (ii) the aircraft configuration and
• (iii) the type and duration of operation.

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BR - Annex IV Essential requirements for air
operations

• 7.b. Cabin crew members must
• (i) be trained and checked on a regular basis
  to attain and maintain an adequate level of
  competency in order to perform their assigned
  safety duties and
• (ii) be periodically assessed for medical
  fitness to safely exercise their assigned safety
  duties. Compliance must be shown by appropriate
  assessment based on aero-medical best practice.

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BR - To summarise

• Regulation 216/2008 requires the Agency to
  develop implementing rules that ensure
• FOR ALL CABIN CREW common training and medical
  requirements
• FOR CABIN CREW IN CAT to hold a cabin crew
  attestation as proof of compliance with the rules
• Uniform implementation of the requirements
• Legal certainty for the individual
• Facilitation of mobility
• Level playing field for all actors

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4. NPA proposed implementing rules
FURTHER HARMONISATION OF CABIN CREW
QUALIFICATIONS ?
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NPA proposed Implementing Rules

• EU law drafting requiring to avoid repetitions,
  some requirements for cabin crew in
  non-commercial operations are in Part-CC
  (training programmes) and in Part-MED (medical
  reqts for the individual)
• To fit the overall structure, training programmes
  from EU OPS and Section 2 of JAR-OPS 1 have been
  re-allocated between IRs and AMC/GM and between
  Parts (CC and OR)

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NPA proposed Implementing Rules What is known and
what is new

• Minimum age, training and operational
  requirements based on EU OPS for all cabin crew
• In addition, for cabin crew in CAT
• The EU OPS attestation of training as evidence
  of initial training is replaced by a cabin crew
  attestation that may be limited, suspended or
  revoked by the competent authority Art 8. 5 (e)

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NPA proposed Implementing Rules What is known and
what is new

• Compliance of cabin crew with the rules already
  required by EU OPS needs be assessed by means of
  some certification process ref. definitions
  Article 3. (e) and (g)
• Cabin crew attestations shall only be issued, and
  maintained valid, when the applicable training
  and medical requirements are, and continue to be,
  met

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NPA proposed Implementing Rules What is known and
what is new

• Member States may decide that operators or
  training organisations issue cabin crew
  attestations provided they are specifically
  approved to do so Article 8. 4
• However, competent authorities only may limit,
  suspend or revoke cabin crew attestations

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Summary of similarities and differencesJAR/EU
OPS NPA proposed implementing rules

• Applicability to Cabin Crew in
• Commercial Air Transport (CAT)
• Non-Commercial Operations
• Same training requirements but different
  structure and distribution
• Based on EU OPS and Section 2 of JAR-OPS 1
• ? Differently distributed between IRs and AMC/GM
• ? Aircraft type and recurrent training
  differentiated between
• - type-specific ref. CC attestation, and
• - operator-specific training

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Summary of similarities and differences JAR/EU
OPS NPA proposed implementing rules

• Cabin Crew Attestation in Commercial Air
  Transport
• ? Different from the evidence of training in
  EU OPS
• Proof of compliance of CCM with the
  requirements
• Shall be maintained valid
• Competence to be checked
• ? Medical fitness assessed acc. aero-medical
  best practice

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PARTS STRUCTURE and Cabin Crew rules
Parts with relevance to cabin crew competence
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Proposed NPA Implementing Rules
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Competent Authority, Scope, Definition,
Application, Minimum age, Privileges and
conditions
Issuance, Validity, Limitation, suspension and
revocation of the cabin crew attestation
Conduct of training courses, examination and
checking Initial safety training, Aircraft
type-specific training Recurrent training
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Section 4 General, Frequency of
aero-medical examinations and assessments, Aero-me
dical examinations and assessments
Section 1 General requirements Section
2 Specific requirements for medical fitness of
cabin crew
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What is known and what is new

• Requirement for continuous medical fitness
• Periodical assessments
• Based on aero-medical best practice
• Frequency of medical examinations and medical
  conditions already described by aero-medical
  experts have been scrutinised according to their
  relevance and compatibility with the safe
  performance of cabin crew duties and required
  training

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What is known and what is new

• The proposed medical requirements may be seen as
  similar to those for Class 2 medical certificates
  as regards the medical conditions described, but
  most evaluations by specialists are not required,
  except, for some of them, at initial examination
  and, in most cases, only when clinically
  indicated
• e.g. relaxed requirement for colour vision and
  very few stricter requirements for conditions
  incompatible with cabin crew duties and
  responsibilities to the travelling public or with
  the operating environment
• the most serious cardiac conditions,
• visual system
• otorhino-laryngology
• pregnancy

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What is known and what is new

• To perform the same duties and associated
  training common medical requirements for all
  cabin crew
• to ensure an uniform level of fitness and
  performance within all EU
• to facilitate free movement (e.g. from/to
  commercial and non-commercial operations)
• Differences proposed for proportionality purposes
• Aero-medical examinations and assessments to be
  conducted by
• General medical practitioners for cabin crew in
  non-commercial operations,
• AME or AeMC for cabin crew in commercial air
  transport
• Frequency of examinations and assessments after
  initial
• Longer intervals for cabin crew in non-commercial
  operations

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Section VI Cabin Crew Chapter 1 Common
requirements Chapter 2 Additional
requirements for CAT
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Scope
Number and composition of CC, Conditions for
assignment to duties, Training courses and
checking, Initial safety training, Operators
aircraft type training, Familiarisation, Operator
s recurrent training, Operators refresher
training
Number and composition of CC, Conditions for
assignment to duties, Training courses and
checking, Operation on more than one aircraft
type or variant, Single cabin crew
operations, Senior cabin crew member
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Training tool box?

• For cabin crew in
• non-commercial ops

• For cabin crew in CAT

For 1rst OP
Recurrent (gen a/c)
Part OR OPS
For subs OP
Part OR OPS
Recurrent (gen a/c)
For all OP
Familiarisation
Familiarisation
a/c - OP
a/c OP type specific
Recurrent (TO)
Part CC for CCA
a/c type specific
Initial
Initial
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Requirements for the Authority

• Part AR Subpart CC
• Section I Organisations providing cabin crew
  training
• Approval of organisations providing cabin crew
  training
• Section II Cabin crew attestations
• Procedures for the issue of a cabin crew
  attestation
• Format and specifications for cabin crew
  attestations
• Limitation, suspension or revocation of cabin
  crew attestations

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Cabin crew competence related elementsstill
subject to national provisions

• BR does not require common criteria to be
  specified for the approval of organisations
  providing cabin crew training
• NPA proposal approval based on national
  requirements/procedures
• BR does not require common criteria to be
  specified for the qualifications of instructors
  and examiners
• Area remaining subject to national provisions

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Cabin crew competence related elementsstill
subject to national provisions

• BR does not require the issuance of medical
  certificates
• NPA proposal since medical assessment of
  unfitness may lead to limitation, suspension or
  revocation of the cabin crew attestation by the
  competent authority, information shall be
  provided by the AME to the said competent
  authority
• but only in case of suspected unfitness or
  unfit assessment, and
• according to procedures to be established by the
  competent authority

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Next step ?

• Reminding
• The context and trends,
• The regulatory steps toward harmonisation in
  Europe,
• Regulation 216/2008 as applicable to cabin crew,
  and
• The NPA proposed IRs due to comply with the
  objectives foreseen by the EU legislator in
  Regulation 216/2008,
• The next step will be the final outcome of the
  consultation for the Opinion, thus now depending
  on the contributions from all interested parties

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Where to find the proposed requirements for cabin
crew?

• First, the related Explanatory Memorundum
• NPA 2009-02a Appendix IV, pages 59 to 65
• Relating to all CC (non-commercial ops and CAT)
• NPA 209-02c Part-OR, Subpart OPS, Section VI
  Cabin Crew, IRs from page 18 to 24, and AMCs/GM
  from page 103 to 113
• Relating to the cabin crew attestation in CAT
• NPA 2009-02e - Part-CC and supplement to Part-MED
  (all document page 1 to 23)
• Relating to the authority requirements relevant
  to the cabin crew attestation
• NPA 2009-02d from page 14 to 19
• Cross-reference tables
• NPA 2009-02f from page 68 to 73 and 107 to 109
  page 145 to 147, 150 to 151, 181 to 182

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NPA proposed IRs for Cabin Crew

• Questions?