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INTRODUCTION
On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, The Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (the “Authority” or
“NCAA”) revised and published the second version of the
Air Operators Certificate (“AOC”)
Operations Specification (“OPS”). The
document which was transposed into a 16-page form, contrary to it
earlier position, wherein it was 70-paged, in August 2023, has been
further revised to ensure that the Authority continues to be
abreast of changes and revisions made by the AOC holders.
The Authority during its announcement of the update, advised
holders of the AOC to contact the Directorate of Operations,
Licensing, and Training Standards to download, complete, and submit
the updated document to the NCAA with immediate effect.
NEED-TO-KNOW INFORMATION
The AOC OPS is a comprehensive document with which a holder of
an AOC informs the NCAA of all operations and specification
details. The extent to which this document reveals is the extent of
permissibility of the AOC.
The NCAA updated the AOC OPS, by introducing a second version to
the initial version. This document now contains a Revision Control
Page. This page is used by the AOCs to inform the NCAA of every
revision made to the OPS, the section, page affected, and the last
revision date. It is important that for every revision, the
affected pages, and revision control page must be updated and
replaced.
The AOC OPS is annexed with sixteen (16) appendices ranging
from, the Approved Post Holders, Approved Manuals, Approved
Wet-Leased Aircraft, List of Approved Simulator Training
Facilities, Aerodomes Approved Scheduled Operations, Special
Aerodomes Approved for Operations, Maintenance Authorization, Parts
Pool Agreement Authorization, Short Term Escalation Authorization,
Special Flight Permit with Continuous Authorisation to conduct
Ferry Flights, Minimum Equipment List Authorization, Maintenance
Contractual Arrangement Authorisation for Specific Maintenance;
Reliability Programme Contractual Arrangement Authorisation,
Reliability Programme, Parts Borrowing Authorisation, and
Authorised Aircraft Listing.
It is worthy of note that the OPS is applicable to all existing
AOC holders, and it is important that effort is made to fill the
new form and submit to the Authority.
CONCLUSION
The introduction of the updated OPS gives the NCAA an edge to be
abreast of all the activities of AOC holders and guarantees prompt
notification in the event of revisions. Also, this helps in laying
to rest all instances of inconsistencies and ambiguity which might
occur by reason of the NCAA not being in the know of revisions to
the OPS.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general
guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought
about your specific circumstances.
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