WP 06-7 Runway Incursion Prevention New proposal

1. WP 06-7 Runway Incursion PreventionNew proposal Capt. Claude Godel OST 07-1

2. 06-2 Action 12 RUNWAY INCURSION PREVENTION PROGRAMME - JAR text to be reviewed in response to the relevant recommendations from the EAPPRI document. OPSG (lead)/FCSG REMINDER (OST Action list) The present presentation refers to OST WP-06-07

3. REMINDER

4. THE AIM Avoid Runway Incursions and ground collisions.

5. THE WAY CHOSEN BY OPSG TO ACHIEVE THE AIM • Make clear that the flight begins from the moment parking brake is released. • Define taxiing as a safety critical activity which requires clear procedures and the full attention of the flight crew. • Enforce the establishment of those procedures in the Ops Manual. • Define and incorporate the Sterile Cockpit Policy into JAR OPS. • Enforce the use of the Sterile Cockpit Policy for the taxi phases and the critical phases of flight.

6. Taxi is not a critical phase of flight JAR-OPS 1.310 Crew Members at stations (b) Cabin crew members. … required cabin crew members shall be seated at their assigned stations during critical phases of flight. There are no data showing evidence that the common practice, used in a majority of airlines and allowing Cabin Crew to finish their safety related duties during taxi, would increase the runway incursion risk. Therefore OPSG decided to leave taxi out of the critical phases of flight. By the way, OPSG updated the definition of Critical Phases of Flight by adding the GO AROUND which is presently missing.

7. THE NEW (proposed) RULE JAR-OPS 1.308 Push back and Towing … JAR OPS 1.309 Taxi Procedures (See ACJ to JAR OPS 1.309) An operator shall establish procedures for taxiing to ensure safe operation and prevent runway incursions. JAR-OPS 1.310 Crew Members at stations Taxi is part of the flight phase and requires the crew to respect precise procedures.

8. THE NEW (proposed) ACJ to the rule • “…Procedures for taxiing should include at least the following: • Application of the Sterile Cockpit concept • …” The principle of requiring Sterile Cockpit is approved by OPSG and FCSG. But comments received from FCSG and others after the last OPSG meeting show the need for more work on the other bullets. There is a balance to find between being to prescriptive and achieving our aim.

9. STERILE COCKPIT The sterile Cockpit Policy becomes a JAR OPS tool. Each operator must establish his Sterile Cockpit policy in his Ops Manual. Therefore Sterile Cockpit is required in JAR OPS 1.210 Establishment of Procedures. Sterile Cockpit is defined in an Appendix (section 1!) to JAR OPS 1.210. Again comments already received show the need for more discussion about the definition of the concept. Some issues are still open.

10. STERILE COCKPIT: open questions “The aim of the sterile cockpit policy is to enable the flight crew to focus on their duties without being distracted by non-flight related matters.” Question: how far shall we go in describing what we think are good sterile cockpit procedures? Example: shall we write in section 2 material “conversation about non flight related matters and distracting activities should not be permitted”?

11. CONCLUSION OPSG is convinced of the need to continue this work but will not be able to propose a NPA draft before next OST. Therefore there is no chance to go through the whole OST process before EASA takes over. So…what do you want us to do?