GM3 ARO.GEN.200(a)(2) Management system    

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 1

SPECIFIC FLIGHT OPERATIONS INSPECTOR QUALIFICATION

(a) The following characteristics should be considered in order to establish aircraft types/classes with similar technical and operational characteristics:

(1) Engine technology;

(2) Certification basis;

(3) Level of automation;

(4) Flight controls logic (e.g. fly-by-wire, conventional, etc.); and

(5) Size and mass of the aircraft (e.g. maximum take-off mass, wake turbulence category, etc.).

(b) The following factors should be considered with regard to knowledge of the route and area:

(1) Climatological conditions, e.g. exceptionally cold weather;

(2) Availability of adequate aerodromes and their specific features, e.g. high elevation, poor English/communication capability, exceptional approach procedures;

(3) Navigational procedures, including PBN requirements, ETOPS and extended diversion time requirements;

(4) Communication procedures, including required communication performance, any specific and contingency procedures, e.g. loss of communication, drift down, oxygen escape; and

(5) Equipment requirements related to search and rescue, e.g. polar, desert operations, oceanic, remote areas.