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RVSM WEBSITE AND DOCUMENTS
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• Roy Grimes, CSSI, Inc.
• FAA RVSM Program Support

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RVSM Documentation Page

• RVSM Documentation webpage provides guidance
  for operators developing applications for RVSM
  authority and for inspectors that have to
  evaluate them
• Refer to handout showing RVSM Documentation page
  content
• Please forward suggestions and criticisms to
  Robert Swain and Roy Grimes
• We want to make it as useful and as user friendly
  as possible

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FAA RVSM Homepage

• Address http//www.faa.gov/ats/ato/rvsm1.htm
• RVSM Homepage provides overview and/or links to
• U.S. Domestic RVSM (DRVSM)
• Caribbean and South America (CAR/SAM)
• North Atlantic (NAT) RVSM
• Asia/Pacific RVSM
• Western Atlantic (WATRS) RVSM
• European RVSM
• Middle East RVSM
• Homepage links to RVSM Documentation page

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RVSM Documentation PageTable of Contents

• Webpage Updates By Month Listing
• Getting Started Checklists/Job Aids
• Aircraft Certification (AIR) Policy/Procedures
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• Contacts
• FAA Inspector Guidance
• Documents Applicable to All RVSM Approvals
• General/Business Aviation Aircraft/Operator
  Documents
• Large Transport Aircraft/Operator Documents
• Monitoring Requirements and Procedures
• Registration on RVSM Approvals Databases
• Area of Operations Specific Information
  Operational Policy and Procedures

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Area of Operations Specific Information,Operation
al Policy Procedures

• North American RVSM
• Domestic US RVSM
• Canada RVSM
• Mexico RVSM
• Gulf of Mexico
• 2. Global Areas of RVSM Operations
• Asia/Pacific Ocean
• Caribbean including San Juan FIR
• Europe
• North Atlantic (NAT)
• West Atlantic Route System (WATRS), San Juan FIR,
  NY Oceanic, Atlantic High Offshore Airspace

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Webpage Updates By Month Listing

• Provides by month listing of Webpage updates and
  document posting

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Getting Started Section

• RVSM Approval Checklist US Operators
• RVSM Approval Checklist Non-US Operators
• Checklists contain items that an operator must
  address to obtain FAA RVSM authority with
• References to applicable documents

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Aircraft Certification Webpage

• Contacts
• Regulations
• Guidance and Policy Letters
• Job Aids and Checklists under development
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Frequently Asked Questions

• FAQsApplicable to All Operators and Specific to
  General Aviation (GA) Operators
• 1. Aircraft Certification FAQs see Aircraft
  Certification Policy/Procedures Webpage
• 2. FAQs Applicable to Both Operations and
  Maintenance Specialties
• Applicable to All Operators and Specific to GA
  Operators

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FAQs (cont.)

• 3. Initial and Continued Airworthiness
  (Maintenance) FAQs (posted 8/27/03)
• Applicable to All Operators and Specific to
• Part 91/GA Operators
• 4. Monitoring FAQs
• 5. Operations FAQs
• Applicable to All Operators and Specific to
• Part 91/GA Operators

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Contacts

• Aircraft Manufacturers
• FAA Regional and Hq Focal Points
• Flight Standards Field Office Points of Contact
• Offices listed by FAA region

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FAA Inspector Guidance

• 8700.23 and 8700.26 will be used while GA Ops
  Inspector Handbook (8700.1) is being updated
• Notice 8700.23 (8/20/03) (LOAs for Special Areas
  of Operation)
• Notice 8700.26 (10/10/03) GA inspector guidance
  for RVSM
• Airworthiness Inspectors Handbook (8300.10),
  Vol. 2, Chapter 5
• Job Aid Part 91 Operator Application to Conduct
  RVSM Operations

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FAA Inspector Guidance (cont.)

• PTRS Data Entry Job Aid for RVSM (Program
  Tracking and Reporting Subsystem)
• HBAT 03-06 updates Air Transport inspector RVSM
  guidance

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Documents Applicable To All RVSM Approvals

• Guidance 91-RVSM, Change 2 (2/10/04)
• Paragraph 11 provides process overview
• Example Operator Application for RVSM Authority
  (3/29/04)
• MMEL Policy Letter
• Starting Operations in New-to-the-Operator Area
  of Operations (12 Mar 04)
• TCAS Documents
• FAA Regulations
• Access to 91.180, 91.706 and Part 91 Appendix G

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Small Commercial/GA Aircraft Documentation

• List of Service Bulletins and STCs for Business
  Aviation type aircraft
• Notice 8700.23 (8/20/03) (LOAs for Special Areas
  of Operations)
• Job Aid Part 91 Operator Application to Conduct
  RVSM Operations

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Large Transport Aircraft Docs

• List of Large Transport Aircraft Engineering
  Packages
• Dispatcher Guidance
• HBAT 03-06 Air Transport inspector RVSM guidance

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Monitoring Requirements and Procedures

• Instructions for Using Minimum Monitoring Charts
  and Procedures from Different Regions
• Monitoring Procedures for US Operators
• One document for HMU, GMU and AGHME procedures
• Status of AGHME System (U.S. ground-based
  monitoring system)
• Links to CSSI, Inc. and ARINC GMS Operations
  Coordinators
• North American RVSM Minimum Monitoring
  Requirements

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Monitoring Requirements, Procedures (cont.)

• Minimum Monitoring Requirements for Different
  Areas of Operation note there is ICAO effort to
  harmonize
• European Monitoring Requirements and Procedures
• European RVSM Monitoring Initial and Follow-on
• Link to Eurocontrol RVSM Homepage

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Registration on RVSM Approvals Databases

• FAA RVSM Approvals Databases
• For US operators - explanation of FAA inspector
  PTRS inputs to register US aircraft/operators on
  US RVSM Approvals Database
• Civil Aviation Authority Action for Non-US
  Operators
• Instructions or links to North American Approvals
  Registry and Monitoring Organization (NAARMO) and
  other Regional databases

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Registration (cont.)

• Access to US RVSM Approvals Database available
  from RVSM Documentation Webpage
• See icon to the right of Table of Contents

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Area of Operations Specific Information

• Section contains operational policy and
  procedures for specific areas of operation
• Asia/Pacific, North America, Domestic US, Canada,
  Europe, North Atlantic, West Atlantic
• Examples of area of operations differences
• Guidance for contingencies such as engine loss
  are more detailed for oceanic vs. continental ops
• Pacific/NAT does, Europe does not allow Non-RVSM
  aircraft to climb/descend through RVSM airspace

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North American RVSM(DRVSM Section)

• Content
• Basic Operator Information on DRVSM Programs
  (6/1/04)
• DRVSM Operational Policy Procedures
• FAA Notice, 5/31/04 as updated
• Update to be posted NLT 10/31
• Paragraph updates flight plan equipment suffix,
  procedures for Non-RVSM aircraft, Mountain Wave
  Activity (MWA) procedures
• FAA Flight Plan Equipment Suffix Notice add NLT
  10/31

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Near Term Document Work

• Post Sample Pilot Bulletin containing DRVSM
  Operational Policies/Procedures
• Update existing RVSM NOTAM for WATRS to
  incorporate Strategic Lateral Offset Procedures
  (SLOP) and to extend coverage to San Juan FIR
• Post NOTAM for Gulf of Mexico RVSM implementation
• May implement SLOP for portions of Gulf

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Near Term Webpage Work

• Coordinate with Caribbean/South America RVSM
  Implementation Group
• Post documents to reflect Caribbean and Gulf of
  Mexico contingency and operating procedures

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NAARMO Website

• North American Approvals Registry and Monitoring
  Organization (NAARMO)
• AFS field offices and US operators will generally
  work with U.S. Operator/Aircraft RVSM Approvals
  Database and Monitoring Coordinator
• Wayne Smoot (609-485-5475)
• Email wayne.smoot_at_faa.gov
• Link from RVSM Homepage or RVSM Documentation
  webpage

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Using the RVSM Docs Webpage To Get Started

• 1. Review the RVSM Documentation Webpage to
  determine document location and availability
• 2. Review RVSM Approvals Checklist under
  Getting Started to establish content of
  operators application for authorization and
  reference documents
• 3. Read 91-RVSM paragraph 11 for overview of the
  operational approval process
• 4. Read Airworthiness Inspectors Handbook
  (8300.10) Vol 2, Chapter 5 - now posted on RVSM
  Documentation webpage

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Using the RVSM Docs Webpage (cont.)

• 5. Review Job Aid Part 91 Operator Application
  to Conduct RVSM Operations
• 6. GA operators and inspectors read LOA guidance
  in Notice N 8700.23 and 8700.26
• 7. For Part 121/125/135 review OpSpecs
  paragraphs B046 and D092
• 8. All Inspectors review FAA Inspector Guidance
  section

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Conclusion

• FAA RVSM Webpage is an invaluable tool to inform
  inspectors and operators
• We plan to continue to update and enhance it
• Please forward comments and criticisms to
• Robert Swain and Roy Grimes