EU OPS
Encyclopedia
This refers to European Union
(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.
The regulations are derived from and very similar to JAR-OPS 1
, after consultations between the EU and Joint Aviation Authorities
(JAA) in 1997. The regulations concern Training, Documentation, Procedures and Compliances in the following categories
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
(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.
The regulations are derived from and very similar to JAR-OPS 1
JAR-OPS 1
JAR-OPS 1 is the Joint Aviation Requirement for the operation of commercial air transport . Any commercial airline within the European Union flying jet or propeller aircraft has to comply with this standard...
, after consultations between the EU and Joint Aviation Authorities
Joint Aviation Authorities
The Joint Aviation Authorities, or JAA, was an associated body of the ECAC representing the civil aviation regulatory authorities of a number of European States who had agreed to co-operate in developing and implementing common safety regulatory standards and procedures...
(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
External links
- Summaries of EU legislation > Internal market > Single Market for Goods > Technical harmonisation > Harmonisation of civil aviation requirements and procedures
- Text of Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91 of 16 December 1991 on the harmonization of technical requirements and administrative procedures in the field of civil aviation
- More information about EU-OPS 1 and similarities/differences with JAR-OPS 1