Future Vision of Operations Initiatives

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Future Vision of Operations Initiatives

• Mont J. Smith
• Director, Safety

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Contents of the Presentation

• The Challenge for Us All
• Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs
• Implications of FAA and EASA Part 129
  Regulations
• Regulation of Bizjet, Fractional Ownership,
  Microjet Operators
• Avoiding Over-Regulation in a Tenuous
  Cost-Benefit Environment

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THE CHALLENGE FOR US ALL

• March 3rd, 2005
• The institutional and regulatory obstacles we
  face are significant. We all call on our
  governments to work with the airlines in
  addressing them, for the good of the public, the
  traveling public and, ultimately, our economies.
• James C. May,
• Air Transport Association
• Ulrich Schulte-Strathaus,
• Association of European Airlines

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Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs

• Lessons should be learned from the current
  automatic ELT debacle
• Future SARPs need thorough analysis before
  adoption
• Can a more optimal partnering arrangement be
  created to assess cost vs. benefit (risk
  reduction)?

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Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs

• Could ICAO adopt EASA/JAAs Regulatory Impact
  Assessment (RIA) methodology?
• Purpose and Intended Effect
• Options
• Sectors affected
• Impacts
• Consultation
• Review of Comments
• Adoption and Publication

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Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs

• Could ICAO adopt FAAs Aviation Rulemaking
  Advisory Committee (ARAC) approach?

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Forecasting Impacts of Future SARPs

• U.S. Commercial Aviation Safety Team (CAST)
• Could ICAO adopt CAST approach?
• A prescribed analysis methodology is used to
  develop intervention strategies
• Feasibility is assessed and a plan of action is
  created
• A risk-reduction algorithm is applied

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Implications of Part 129 Regulations

• Foreign airlines, after receiving traffic rights
  from the US DOT, require detailed Ops Specs,
  issued by FAA, in addition to the AOC issued by
  the national authority legally responsible for
  oversight.
• 14USC Part 129 rules on foreign air carriers
  could likely generate a retaliatory regulatory
  effect

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Implications of Part 129 Regulations

• US Part 129 largely deals with required onboard
  technology / equippage
• These safety-related requirements are already
  reasonably oriented toward global
  harmonizationnot a roadblock

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Implications of Part 129 Regulations

• The Ops Spec portion primarily addresses
• airports to be used
• Routes to be flown
• Procedures in place to avoid airborne collision
• Registration and markings signifying compliance
• Approval is often time-consuming inefficient
• The safety implications are relatively minimal
• Could we borrow a page from the Australia/ New
  Zealand approach briefed yesterday?

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Implications of Part 129 Regulations

• Is a higher level of trust, coordination, and
  verification potentially possible?
• Can these few Ops Spec requirements be acquired
  from the AOC?
• Can approval and oversight be delegated downward
  several levels?
• Can compliance be verified in an easier way?
• Can the process be incentivized?

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Regulation of Bizjet, Fractional Ownership,
Microjet Operators
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Regulation of Bizjet, Fractional Ownership,
Microjet Operators

• Goal should be One Level of Safety and
  Operational Expectation
• Sharing the airspace through government
  -encouraged development should result in parity
• Any oversight shortfall affects the overall
  system risk

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Avoiding Over-Regulation in a Tenuous
Cost-Benefit Environment

• EASA Long Range Operations (LROPS) rules
• ETOPS requirements on 3 and 4 engine aircraft
• When operated beyond 180 minutes from an adequate
  airport
• FAA proposed ETOPS rule
• Defines Extended Operations (all
  extended-diversion-time aircraft) and ETOPS
  alternate airports to accommodate diversions
• Introduces required upgrades

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Avoiding Over-Regulation in a Tenuous
Cost-Benefit Environment

• Is this a bit too much of a good thingor
  trying to go too far, too fast?
• Most new-production aircraft intended for this
  market can leverage the new technology
• The cost to retrofit older aircraft for
  compliance before retirement is too great a
  financial burden for the industry

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Future Vision of Operations Initiatives

• THANK YOU FOR YOUR
• KIND ATTENTION AND
• DISCUSSION.