9 - OCEANIC AND REMOTE OPERATIONS

Question 1

FMS/FMGS Route Loading
- True Track Error

Answer 1

True tracks should not differ by more than one degree.

9.1.6

Question 2

Diversion Across the Flow of Adjacent Traffic

Answer 2

Descend below FL290 and establish a 500 ft vertical offset from those flight levels normally used until a new ATC clearance is obtained.

9.2.2.3

Question 3

ETOPS MEL Criteria
- ETOPS 75

Answer 3

ETOPS MEL criteria need not be applied for 75 minutes ETOPS segments conducted wholly within Canadian Domestic Airspace or in Benign Areas of Operations.

9.3.4.3

Question 4

Fuel and Oil Supply
- Fuel at ETOPS alternate

Answer 4

Holding at 1,500 feet above AAE for 15 minutes and then initiating an instrument approach and landing.

9.3.4.5

Question 5

Critical Fuel Reserves
- Scenarios

Answer 5

In calculating ETOPS critical fuel reserve, the most adverse of the following operationally critical events should be assumed:

1X - Engine out with drift-down (no loss of pressurization)
DC - Loss of pressurization (with no engine loss)
DX - Engine out with loss of pressurization

9.3.4.6

Question 6

Critical Fuel Reserves
- Wind Forecast Margin

Answer 6

To allow for errors in wind forecasts, a correction factor is added to the actual forecast wind which assumes a 5% increase to a forecast headwind or 5% decrease to a forecast tailwind.

9.3.4.6

Question 7

ETOPS Alternate Forecast Timeframe

Answer 7

The latest available forecast weather conditions for a period commencing one hour before the earliest time of landing and ending one hour after the established latest time of landing at that airport.

9.3.5.4

Question 8

ETOPS Alternate Forecast Crosswind

Answer 8

The forecast crosswind component for the intended landing runway, including gusts, is less than the maximum permitted cross wind for a single engine landing. Where no single engine demonstrated value exists, 80 percent of the all engine demonstrated value is used.

9.3.5.4

Question 9

ETOPS Alternate Verification Requirements

Answer 9

1) Forecast equal to or exceeds the published landing minima.
2) Forecast crosswind within aircraft limitations.
3) Landing distance adequate with surface and wind conditions.
4) Required airport facilities and equipment available. (NOTAMS)

9.3.5.4

Question 10

ETOPS Alternate ARFF Requirements

Answer 10

For ETOPS operation up to 180 minutes, each designated ETOPS alternate airport shall meet a minimum Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting (ARFF) capability equivalent to ICAO Category 4 or higher.

9.3.5.4

Question 11

ETOPS Alternate PIC Discretion

Answer 11

Prior to dispatch:
- Weather: ETOPS Alternate Minima
- Airport: Applicable
- MEL: Applicable

Prior to entry:
- Weather: Landing Minima
- Airport: Applicable
- MEL: NA

After entry:
- Weather: PIC Discretion
- Airport: PIC Discretion
- MEL: NA

9.3.5.4

Question 12

ETOPS Alternate Weather Minima

Answer 12

Same as Canadian standard alternate minima - except that VFR approach minima are not authorized. (Highest minima = 1 NPA)

9.3.5.5