Dear Karl Rattassep,
Each MS NAA should establish a list of High Risk Commercial SPO that are subject to an authorisation in
their territory and make it public. As requested during the coordination meeting and the workshop, two
months ago the Agency asked the NAAs to provide their lists to facilitate the implementation. The idea
was to help authorities and operators before the implementation date – 21 April 2017. Unfortunately,
we have not received anything from Estonia so far. I invite you to do so.
As I have already mention during my presentation at the workshop, the authorisation is issued for a
limited or an unlimited duration, and states the conditions under which an operator is authorised to
conduct one or more high risk commercial specialised operations.
The duration and number of authorised high risk specialised operations depend on the type of
operation(s) and circumstances in which it is (they are) conducted. In deciding this, NAAs are free to
choose the less burdensome administrative process.
So the answer is, the NAA is allowed to authorise several high risk activities with one authorisation form.
Regards,
Irina Petrova
Air OPS Regulations Officer
European Aviation Safety Agency
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From: Karl Rattassep [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: 20 March 2017 08:37
To: PETROVA Irina <
[email protected]>
Subject: HR COM SPO authorisation form
Dear Irina Petrova,
I have a question regarding to the issuance of HR COM SPO authorisation (EASA FORM 151 Issue 1).
If I remember correctly from the SPO Workshop, Mr Bas van der Weide from EASA said that there should
be one authorisation for one type of high risk specialised operation. So it means that if the operator
wants to conduct several types of specialised operations and four of them, for instance, are considered
to be high risk ones, the operator must have four separate authorisations from it’s competent authority.
On the other hand, there is nothing in the regulation saying how many types of operations can be
specified in one authorisation.
As you are an SPO implementation project manager, maybe you could clarify the situation. What is
EASA’s opinion on this matter and how should competent authorities issue HR COM SPO authorisations
in the future? Is it allowed to authorise several high risk activities with one authorisation form or not?
Look forward to your answer
Best regards,
Karl Rattassep
Senior Inspector of Flight Operations Department
+372 610 3571
www.ecaa.ee | Lõõtsa street 5, 11415 Tallinn
Estonian Civil Aviation Administration