GM1 ORO.GEN.130(b) Changes related to an AOC holder

CAA ORS9 Decision No. 47

Text in magenta in force from 30 October 2025

CHANGES REQUIRING PRIOR APPROVAL

The following GM is a non-exhaustive checklist of items that require prior approval from the CAA as specified in the applicable Implementing Rules:

  1. alternative means of compliance;

  2. procedures regarding items to be notified to the CAA;

  3. cabin crew:

    1. conduct of the training, examination and checking required by Annex V (Part-CC) to UK Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 and issue of cabin crew attestations;

    2. procedures for cabin crew to operate on four aircraft types;

    3. training programmes, including syllabi;

  4. leasing agreements;

  5. procedure for the use of aircraft included in an AOC by other operators for NCC, NCO and specialised operations, as required by ORO.GEN.310;

  6. specific approvals in accordance with Annex V (Part-SPA);

  7. dangerous goods training programmes;

  8. flight crew:

    (1) alternative training and qualification programmes (ATQPs);

    (2) procedures for flight crew to operate on more than one type or variant;

    (3) training and checking programmes, including syllabi and use of flight simulation training devices (FSTDs);

  9. fuel policy; [Editor's note: (i) will be replaced by the following on 30 October 2025: (i) fuel schemes and special refuelling or defuelling of aeroplanes;]

  10. helicopter operations:

    1. over a hostile environment located outside a congested area, unless the operator holds an approval to operate according to Subpart J of Annex V (SPA.HEMS); [Editor's note: (1) will be replaced by the following on 30 October 2025: (1) over a hostile environment located outside a congested area, unless the operator holds an approval to operate according to Subpart J HELICOPTER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE OPERATIONS of Annex V (Part-SPA)]

    2. to/from a public interest site;

    3. without an assured safe forced landing capability; and

    4. during refuelling with rotors turning; [Editor's note: to be added on 30 October 2025]

  11. mass and balance: standard masses for load items other than standard masses for passengers and checked baggage;

  12. minimum equipment list (MEL):

    1. MEL;

    2. operating other than in accordance with the MEL, but within the constraints of the master minimum equipment list (MMEL);

    3. rectification interval extension (RIE) procedures;

  13. minimum flight altitudes:

    1. the method for establishing minimum flight altitudes;

    2. descent procedures to fly below specified minimum altitudes;

  14. performance:

    1. increased bank angles at take-off (for performance class A aeroplanes);

    2. short landing operations (for performance class A and B aeroplanes);

    3. steep approach operations (for performance class A and B aeroplanes);

    4. reduced required landing distance operations (for performance class A and B aeroplanes);

  15. isolated aerodrome: using an isolated aerodrome as destination aerodrome for operations with aeroplanes;

    [Editor's note: the following to be added on 30 October 2025: (p) method used to establish aerodrome operating minima;

    Subsequent paragraphs to be renumbered.]

  16. approach flight technique:

    1. all approaches not flown as stabilised approaches for a particular approach to a particular runway;

    2. non-precision approaches not flown with the continuous descent final approach (CDFA) technique for each particular approach/runway combination;

  17. maximum distance from an adequate aerodrome for two-engined aeroplanes without an extended range operations with two-engined aeroplanes (ETOPS) approval:

    1. air operations with two-engined performance class A aeroplanes with a maximum operational passenger seating configuration (MOPSC) of 19 or less and a maximum take- off mass less than 45 360 kg, over a route that contains a point further than 120 minutes from an adequate aerodrome, under standard conditions in still air;

  18. aircraft categories:

    1. Applying a lower landing mass than the maximum certified landing mass for determining the indicated airspeed at threshold (VAT).

  19. commercial air transport operations with single-engined turbine aeroplanes in instrument meteorological conditions or at night (CAT SET-IMC).