OM-A Flashcards
Presence on Flight Deck
Take off: Commander shall be present until at least FL200 has been reached
Landing: PF shall occuppy his seat and Commander shall be present on flight deck 60 mins prior to landing
RFFS
Aerodrome Rescue and Fire Fighting Services
Required RFFS
Acc ICAO Annex 14:
Recommended level of protection is 9.
If recommended RFFS not available:
Destination and departure airport: max 1 cat below
Destination alternate: max 2 cat below
ETOPS en-routr alternates: Minimum level 4 available in 30 minutes is acceptable
All others: Nominated person flight ops may authorize lower in exceptional cases
Planning Minima for Destination Aerodrome
Aerodrome can be used as destination if weather conditions will be at or above the operating minima 1 hour before and after ETA.
If not, use 2 alternates
If no met info avail, also use 2 alternates
Planning minima for
destination alternate
RCF destination 2
Fuel en-route alternate
Or enroute alternate
1 hour before and after ETA;
Cat II or III Cat I minima (RVR)
Cat I, Cat I LTS Non-precision app minima (ceiling/RVR)
Non precision Non-precision app minima plus 200ft / 1000m
Circling app Circling app minimao
PBN considerations for destination aerodromes / alternates
Alternate shall only be selected as alternate if approach at the alternate or at the destination does not rely on GNSS.
If no alternate required solely GNSS is ok
For all planning aerodromes OCC shall make sure GNSS is available ETA +- 1 hour if approach minima is based on PBN
No alternate possible if
Duration of the planned flight or in case of inflight replanning the remaining flight time < 6 hours
and
Two seperate rwys are available and usable and the weather indicates at ETA +- 1 hour:
Ceiling > 2000ft or circling height + 500ft and
Visibility > 5 km
(Or isolated destination)
Preflight weather check
Consider
Xwind, Tailwind, headwind
RVR / visibility
Ceiling / vertical visibility
BECMG AT shall be treated as follows:
Deterioration or Improvement:
Applicable from the time of start of the change, gusts may be disregarded
BECMG FM, BECMG TL, BECMG FM…TL shall be treated as follows:
Deterioration:
Applicable from the time of start of the change, gusts may be disregarded
Improvement:
Applicable from the time of end of the change, gusts may be disregarded
TEMPO, TEMPO FM, TEMPO TL, TEMPO FM…TL, PROB 30/40 shall be treated as follows:
Deterioration:
Transient/ showering conditions:
Not applicable
Persistent conditions:
Applicable, gusts may be disregarded
Improvement in any case:
Should be disregarded
PROB TEMPO shall be treated as follows:
Deterioration:
May be disregard
Improvement:
Should be disregarded
Fuel planning -
Required fuel
Trip fuel
Contingency fuel
Alternate furl
Final reserve
(Extra fuel) (Additional fuel) (ETOPS fuel) (-NIC) (Company added fuel ADDFU)
Fuel planning-
What is trip fuel
Fuel for take off, clumb, cruise, descend , approach and landing
Fuel planning-
What is contingency fuel
Higher of (lowest of: - CONT5%: 5% of trip fuel - CONT3%: 3% of trip fuel if fuel enroute alt available - 20MIN: fuel for 20 mins flying)
and
MINCONT: 5 min flying at Holding speed in 1500ft AGL