Minutes of 11th Airworthiness Consultative Committee Meeting Thursday 22nd May 2014 Intercontinental Hotel Festival City, Dubai

Meeting attended by:

NAME TITLE Industry Kostas Kanavarakis Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies M. Al Fardan Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies M. H. Subasinghe Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies Shevantha Weerasekera Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies Mehdi El Karoui Aeroconseil Christophe Gilles Aeroconseil John Scott-Laws Aerogulf Suchith Ameresekere Aeropair Services Bouchaib Dolla Luigi Fernando AJA Private Jets Alexandre Mule AMES Tariq Al Omari Amigos Balloons Igor Gavrilenko Amikon Aviation Training Gerald James Tinson AMMROC Djordje Petrovic Avisa Gulf Mukhtar Khalid Belgraver M.E. Jameer Kazi Dana Jets Colin Greenwood DNATA Kevin Shepherd Dubai Air Wing Natasha Desai Dubai Air Wing Bryan Rigby Eastern Skyjets Tasos Polymeris Eastern Skyjets Abdelkader Tazerout Andrew Hoad Emirates Iain Lachlan Emirates Mark Robinson Emirates Youssef Bahsoun Emirates Airlines S. Ghosh Emirates Aviation Services Jibran Abbas Emirates Aviation Services Harish Sadarangani Empire Aviation Group Clifford De Vaz Matthew Withers ExecuJet Aviation Group Kevin Culbert Falcon Aviation Services David Lewis Fly Dubai Mick Hills Fly Dubai

Victor Moreno Fly Dubai Elias Samir Talj Fujairah Aviation Academy Christian Hollyer Gama Aviation Darryl Jackson Gama Aviation Preetha Vadakkott Goodrich Azman Kassim Gulf Wings Nafez Zahdeh Gulf Wings Tim Shannon Jet Aviation Patrick McDonald-Meyer Jet-Ops R. Rohinton Irani Livewel Aircrafts Maintenance Andre LOUTFI Qatada Alani Midex Airlines Novikov Yevgen Motor Sich Middle East Semych Ruslan Motor Sich Middle East Nawras Bakir MSI Company Leon Williamson PAB Airwing Hakan Ozdemir Panasonic Avionics Corporation Hani George Khoury Presidential Flight Daniel Sullivan Mourad Ait-Ouyahia Russell Lee Rulers Flight Sharjah Faisal Al-Abbadi Total Expertise Ltd. Atanas Stankov Volga-Dnepr Gulf Nikhil Mohan Zodiac Aerospace Prabhu Prasad Zodiac Aerospace

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GCAA Ismaeil Mohammed Al Blooshi Acting Director of Airworthiness (Chairman) Hatem Dibian Manager Air Operators & CAMO Zahid Munawar Manager Engineering Safety Omar Bin Ghannam Manager MROs Yousuf Al Azizi Senior Inspector – Air Operators & CAMO Warren Storey Senior Inspector – Air Operators & CAMO Alan Gordon Roberts Airspace Senior Inspector -Air Navigation Issa Al Rawahi Senior Inspector – MROs Omar Musa Senior Inspector – MROs Jamal Al Noumani Inspector – MROs Khalid Al Humaidan Inspector – Engineering Safety Othman Bin Abas Engineering Inspector Seema Siddique Administrative Assistant

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Item Summary of Discussion and Follow-up / Actions Assigned To Action Due No. 1. Introduction:

Ismaeil Al Blooshi, Acting Director of Airworthiness, opened the 11th ACC Meeting by welcoming all the attendees. He thanked Emirates for sponsoring the meeting and for making all the necessary arrangements.

He also thanked the attendees for making the Airworthiness Consultative Committee a successful initiative.

2. Airworthiness Statistics, Challenges and Solutions

Hatem Dibian, Manager – Air Operators & CAMO, started the ACC Info Meeting with a presentation to the Industry, highlighting the statistics of the Airworthiness day-to-day work and growth, challenges faced by the Airworthiness department and solutions to these challenges (for details please refer to attached presentation).

3. CAR M (Air Operators & CAMO):

Yousuf Al Azizi, Senior Inspector – Air Operators & CAMO, updated the Info industry on GCAA activities and system changes in the following areas - Regulation & Publication amendments, CAR M – 2014 and ICAO Audit (for details please refer to attached presentation).

Warren Storey, Senior Inspector – Air Operators & CAMO, gave the next presentation where he communicated to the Industry what the GCAA needs from them, in order to maintain a robust Quality and Reporting system (for details please refer to attached presentation).

4. Chairman’s Address:

Ismaeil Al Blooshi, Assistant Director General – Aviation Safety Affairs Sector and Acting Director of Airworthiness, addressed the meeting. Following are the items that were discussed:

1. For extension of CAR 145 approval to FAMO, operator to provide assessment, reports and recommendation to the GCAA.

2. Risk Profiling – GCAA’s present plan is to look at the frequency of the audits, based on the risk assessment of the organisation.

3. Assessment result of organisations will be defined as per levels ‘High, Medium and Low’, based on specific calculations involving a weightage factor.

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5. Risk Profiling:

Khalid Al Humaidan, Inspector – Engineering Safety and focal point of SMS/SSP implementation in the Airworthiness Department, gave a presentation on Risk Profiling. He introduced Risk Profiling as a part of the State Safety Oversight System and how it works. For details please refer to attached presentation. NOTE: Please note that the Risk Profiling process given in the attached presentation is not conclusive/final as it is still undergoing final amendments and edits.

Discussion Items: 1. Will the results of Organisation Risk Profiling (ORP) be shared with EASA or other authorities? Will there be exposure of the operator? The ORP process may be shared between authorities as Risk Profiling is very new and it may be a good learning experience for all the authorities. However, actual organisation results will be strictly confidential to the concerned staff in the GCAA, just like any other confidential information the service providers share with the GCAA.

2. Is Risk Profiling applied to all organisations, like Design Organisations as well? At the moment, Risk Profiling will be applied only on CAR 145 and CAR M/CAMO organisations which required the implementation of SMS as per CAR PART X.

3. Is Risk Profiling a part of SSP? Yes it is. Please refer to Annex 19 and relevant guidance in ICAO DOC 9859.

4. Would this mean that organisations with a High Risk Profile need to make changes to their organisation/processes to come out of the High Risk level? Not necessarily, as this level could be due to various reasons, which may not essentially be related to problems in the organisation but could be due to the setup of the organisation or organisation type as some organisations may be exposed to risk more than others due to the nature of their operation. The main purpose of the ORP is to target those areas of safety concern by modifying the frequency and/or scope of the GCAA surveillance activities.

5. Would the number of ROSIs raised by an organisation affect the ORP? The number ROSI reports will definitely impact the ORP. As the number of ROSI’s raised in comparison to current and historical data of an organisation may indicate a good/not good reporting culture.

The high volume of ROSI reports may indicate a positive reporting culture in the organisation, hence will affect the ORP results in a positive way.

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6. To make it sound better and to avoid negativity, could ‘Risk Profiling’ be called ‘Audit Profiling’ instead? This request is noted. The GCAA will look in to an alternative name to “ Risk Profiling “

7. On lines of risk profiling, can operators do the same with line stations? The operators are required to assess their line stations in accordance with the pertinent regulations and relevant AMC & GM. However, in case the operator wants to opt for an alternative mean of compliance, then the operator should approach the GCAA with relevant study case and justifications required by the relevant regulations.

6. Air Navigation & Aerodromes:

Alan Roberts, Airspace Senior Inspector –Air Navigation, gave a presentation on Mandatory Carriage of GNSS Equipment, ADS-B and Mode S Transponders in UAE Airspace (for details please refer to attached presentation).

Discussion Items: 1. Industry facing difficulty to comply with new GNSS requirements due AR/HD NPA Closing to lengthy mod process and availability of equipment from Date: manufacturer? 01 JUL 2014 Hatem informed that the Industry will be given an opportunity to comment on the applicable NPA.

7. CAR 21 (Engineering Safety):

Nasser Jamea, Senior Inspector – Engineering Safety, gave a presentation on CAR 21’s activities. He spoke about Portable Electronic Devices, Type Acceptance, Design Change and Repair Approvals, Design Organisations and Production Organisations (for details please refer to attached presentation).

Discussion Items: 1. How many Type Certifications have been issued by the GCAA? ZM GCAA does not issue type certification, it only issues type acceptance. The list is provided on the GCAA website, there are 80 models which have received UAE Type Acceptance.

8. CAR 145 (MROs):

Issa Al Rawahi, Senior Inspector – MROs, gave a presentation on CAR 145. Topics covered were Certifying Staff Requirements for organizations located outside UAE (CAR 145.30 (j)Personnel requirements, “B3” New category introduced to CAR 66, Added Privilege to B2 License, CAR 66.20 & CAR 147.110 – Assessors, Component Certifying Staff and Outstation Certifying Staff requirement (for details please refer to attached presentation).

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9. Presentation by :

Mr. Mick Hills from FlyDubai gave a presentation on Approved Data versus Acceptable Repair Data (for details please refer to attached presentation).

Discussion Items: 1. What is GCAA’s decision regarding RDR data? ZM The GCAA has interpreted RDR as an acceptable data under the existing provisions of CAAP 66.

2. Does an organisation need to come to the GCAA for RDR data ZM approval? RDR is an acceptable data under the provisions of CAAP 66 there is no need for an operator to apply for further design approval from the GCAA. 3. CAR 66 is not clear with regards to this issue? Cases like RDR need specific interpretation of CAAP 66 by the GCAA which has been issued.

10. Presentation by Air Arabia:

Mr. Bouchaib Dolla from Air Arabia gave a presentation on EASA Part- TCO (Third Country operators) (for details please refer to attached presentation).

11. Acknowledgement Trophy:

Mr. Abdelkader Tazerout of Emirates was presented with the GCAA Info trophy, acknowledging his contribution to the service of Quality and Airworthiness.

Mr. Tazerout was instrumental in working closely with the GCAA to secure and improve safety of the UAE skies.

He started with the aviation industry upon graduating with a BSc honours degree in Mechanical Engineering with Air Algerie, the Algerian airline in 1977, as a trainee engineer.

In January 1990, Mr. Tazerout joined Emirates as a Senior Quality Controller in the Engineering Department. After 3 months with Emirates, he was promoted to Quality Assurance Manager and given the responsibility to develop all the procedures and processes to prepare Emirates to receive the new fleet of A310/A300-300/A340/B77/A380, being ordered. He was promoted to General Manager QA in 1995 and then to Vice President in 2003 and culminating his career with Emirates as Divisional VP in charge of Quality Assurance.

Mr. Tazerout is also Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Chartered Engineer. He is a holder of UAE GCAA AMEL as well.

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While he retires from his successful career with Emirates, the GCAA would like to thank him for all his contributions and wish him all the best for the future.

NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will be held on 27 November 2014.

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