AMC1 SPA.HOFO.125(g) Offshore standard approach procedures (OSAPs)

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 47

Text in magenta in force from 30 October 2025

TRAINING AND CHECKING FOR OSAPs

1. Initial training and checking for OSAPs should be conducted either as part of the operator’s conversion course or as a separate equipment and procedure training, and should include all of the following:

   1. ground training, including knowledge of:

      1. the structure of the OSAP;

      2. the airborne radar specifications, limitations, modes, and usage; and

      3. the area navigation system, as necessary for the envisaged OSAP;

   2. aircraft/FSTD training, including all of the following:

      1. OSAPs to various offshore sites with and without obstacles or obstructions;

      2. OSAPs in different wind conditions, followed by landings and go-arounds; and

      3. OSAPs in the pilot-monitoring, pilot-flying and single-pilot functions, by day and by night, as relevant to the kind of operations;

   3. LIFUS; and

   4. line check.

2. The recurrent training and checking programme should include at least one OSAP per year in the pilot-monitoring, pilot-flying and single-pilot functions as relevant to the kind of operations. OSAPs should be part of the annual aircraft/FSTD training, the line check or the operator’s proficiency check. Checking is not necessary if training to proficiency is employed.