EU OPS
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This referes to European Community (EU) regulations specifying minimum safety and related procedures for commercial passenger and cargo fixed-wing aviation.
The legislation is known officially as "Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation" [1] (Summary: [2])
The regulations are derived from and very similar to JAR-OPS 1, after consultations between the EU and JAA in 1997
The regulations concern Training, Documentation, Procedures and Compliances in the following categories
- Operator certification and supervision
- Operational procedures
- All weather operations
- Performance general
- Performance class a
- Performance class b
- Performance class c
- Mass and balance
- Instruments and equipment
- Communication and navigation equipment
- Aeroplane maintenance
- Flight crew
- Cabin crew
- Manuals, logs and records
- Flight and duty time limitations and rest requirements
- Transport of dangerous goods by air
- Security
