MIDRMA Board/13-WP/6 3/03/2014 International Civil Aviation Organization Middle East Regional Monitoring Agency Board Thirteenth Meeting (MIDRMA Board/13) (Bahrain, 9 –12 March 2014) Agenda Item 4: RVSM Monitoring and Related Technical Issues MID STATES MINIMUM MONITORING REQUIREMENTS (Presented by MIDRMA) SUMMARY The aim of this working paper is to address the RVSM Minimum Monitoring Requirements (MMR) applicable for each MIDRMA Member State. Action by the meeting is at paragraph 3. REFERENCES − ATM/AIM/SAR SG/13 Report − ICAO Doc 9547 − ICAO doc 9937 − ICAO Annex 6 Part I − MIDANPIRG/14 Report − MID RVSM SMR 2012-2013 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 The height-keeping performance of aircraft is a key element in ensuring the safe operations of RVSM airspace. The RVSM height monitoring standards are considered the minimum requirement needed to maintain the safety of operations in the RVSM designated airspace. 1.2 Upon changes to ICAO Annex 6, Operation of Aircraft, Parts I & II, applicable on 18 November 2010, the following standard was adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): 7.2.7 The State of the Operator that has issued an RVSM approval to an operator shall establish a requirement which ensures that a minimum of two aeroplanes of each aircraft type grouping of the operator have their height-keeping performance monitored, at least once every two years or within intervals of 1000 flight hours per aeroplane, whichever period is longer. If an operator aircraft type grouping consists of a single aeroplane, monitoring of that aeroplane shall be accomplished within the specified period. MIDRMA Board/13-WP/6 -2- 2. DISCUSSION 2.1 The Height Monitoring Program for the MIDRMA is established and all the Middle East Civil Aviation Authorities must ensure that they cooperate with the MIDRMA to maintain their height monitoring targets for each operator’s fleet according to the published MIDRMA Minimum Monitoring Requirement (MMR) Table. Operators found not in compliance with this table will face the risk of suspending their RVSM approval until they prove that they have met the minimum monitoring requirements again. 2.2 The MIDRMA took the initiative to facilitate the MMR for each Member State and established the MMR database for the whole Region to manage and supervise all monitoring activities for all the Middle East airline operators and shall keep all Member States aware of their MMR as needed. 2.3 The meeting may wish to note that the MIDRMA addressed the last MMR table issued for the SMR 2012-2013 to the ATM/AIM/SAR SG/13 and to MIDANPIRG/14 meetings and requested from all concerned Civil Aviation Authorities to take all necessary measures to ensure their enforcement of this table on all their RVSM approved aircraft to meet their minimum monitoring requirements according to ICAO Annex 6. The MIDRMA noticed that Lebanon and Yemen failed to comply with this table since the implementation of this requirement and despite several attempts from the MIDRMA to provide any kind of support to the concerned authorities to achieve their monitoring targets these two Member States remain as the only States in the MID Region that never met their minimum monitoring requirements. 2.4 Reference to the above and to the other MIDRMA Member States who partially met their MMR Tables, MIDANPIRG /14 meeting endorsed CONCLUSION 14/36 concerning RVSM Minimum Monitoring Requirements: CONCLUSION 14/36: RVSM MINIMUM MONITORING REQUIREMENTS That, States that have not yet done so, be urged to: a) take necessary measures to ensure that their aircraft operators fully comply with Annex 6 provisions related to long term height monitoring requirements, based on the MIDRMA MMR Tables; and b) provide feedback to the ICAO MID Regional Office before 1 March 2014. 2.5 Regrettably, the MIDRMA did not receive any response from Lebanon CAA to comply with the above draft conclusion, despite the List of Approved RVSM aircraft provided on 9 January 2014, indicating that three aircraft have not been granted RVSM approval. While Yemen MIDRMA Board Member reported on 27th February 2014 that instructions were issued from Yemen CAA to the concerned airline operators to conduct height monitoring but without specifying any deadline or the extended validity period for the RVSM approved aircraft without known height monitoring. 2.6 The MIDRMA urge all Member States to implement the height monitoring requirements according to ICAO Annex 6 to support the RVSM approval and to stop granting or reissuing the approvals without height monitoring results as operators will not obtain the full benefits offered by RVSM unless they are monitored, approved and registered in the database presented to all RMA’s in the world. MIDRMA Board/13-WP/6 -3- 2.7 The updated MMR as of Jan 2014 for each MIDRMA Member State already sent to all MIDRMA Board Members/Alternates. Member States are required to issue their instructions to all airline operators required to be monitored to conduct height monitoring as early as possible either by flying over any of the European HMUs or coordinate GMU checks with the MIDRMA. 2.6 The MMRs for each Member State as at Appendix A to this working paper, detail the status of each airline operator and the number of aircraft required to be monitored, in summary the operators required to be monitored in the MMR tables don’t have valid HMU or GMU results. 3. ACTION BY THE MEETING 3.1 The meeting is invited to: a) urge States to follow-up with their airline operators to conduct height keeping monitoring of their aircraft, in accordance with the latest MMR table, within the given time frame; b) urge States to coordinate with the MIDRMA all GMU monitoring activities for their airline operators requiring monitoring; and c) take necessary follow-up action on MIDANPIRG/14 Conclusion 14/36. ----------------- BAHRAIN - APPROVED RVSM ACFT MINIMUM MONITORING REQUIREMENTS AS OF JANUARY 2014 Seq.# Operator ACFT ACFT ACFT Last RVSM Compliant Required ASE Remarks Reg. Type Series Monitoring Date Expire Date Monitoring Results 1 Bahrain Royal Air Force A9CAWL RJ1H RJ-100 30/12/2013 30/12/2015 0 3.4 2 Bahrain Royal Air Force A9CBDF RJ85 AVRO 14/06/2013 14/06/2015 0 36.1 3 Bahrain Royal Flight A9CHWR RJ85 AVRO 11/06/2013 11/06/2015 0 -16.8 4 Bahrain Royal Flight A9CBA B722 200 07/01/2014 07/01/2016 0 55 5 Bahrain Royal Flight A9CBRF GLF4 G450 23/12/2013 23/12/2015 0 -72.5 REG.BAH 6 Bahrain Royal Flight A9CBHR GLF4 G450 22/12/2013 22/12/2015 0 49.1 7 Bahrain Royal Flight A9CBRN GLF5 G550 24/12/2013 24/12/2015 0 47.9 8 Bahrain Royal Flight A9CHAK B74S B747 13/12/2013 13/12/2015 0 -20.2 9 Bahrain Royal Flight A9CHMH B764 B767 01/12/2013 01/12/2015 0 -26.3 Bahrain Royal Flight A9CHMK B744 400 15/01/2013 15/01/2015 -146 Safety 10 Bahrain Royal Flight A9CHMK B744 400 12/10/2013 12/10/2015 -218.2 Protocol 11 DHL INTERNATIONAL E.C. A9CDHC B752 B757 13/03/2013 13/03/2015 0 -51 12 DHL INTERNATIONAL E.C. A9CDHD B752 B757 28/03/2013 28/03/2015 0 -83 13 DHL INTERNATIONAL E.C. A9CDHE B752 200 0 Covered 14 Gulf Air A9CAB A320 214 0 Covered 15 Gulf Air A9CAC A320 214 0 Covered 16 Gulf Air A9CAD A320 214 0 Covered 17 Gulf Air A9CAE A320 214 0 Covered 18 Gulf Air A9CAF A320 214 0 Covered 19 Gulf Air A9CAG A320 214 0 Covered 20 Gulf Air A9CAH A320 214 0 Covered 21 Gulf Air A9CAI A320 214 0 Covered 22 Gulf Air A9CAL A320 214 0 Covered 23 Gulf Air A9CAM A320 214 12/01/2014 12/01/2016 0 -10.5 24 Gulf Air A9CAN A320 214 12/01/2014 12/01/2016 0 33.6 25 Gulf Air A9CAO A320 214 11/01/2014 11/01/2016 0 39 26 Gulf Air A9CAP A320 214 05/01/2014 05/01/2016 0 74.5 27 Gulf Air A9CAQ A320 214 11/01/2014 11/01/2016 0 64.2 28 Gulf Air A9CAJ A320 214 0 Covered 29 Gulf Air A9CAK A320 214 0 Covered 30 Gulf Air A9CCA A321 231 16/03/2012 16/03/2014 0 -24 Covered 31 Gulf Air A9CCB A321 231 01/08/2012 01/08/2014 0 -11.8 32 Gulf Air A9CCC A321 231 0 Covered 33 Gulf Air A9CCD A321 231 0 Covered 34 Gulf Air A9CKA A332 243 10/01/2014 10/01/2016 0 50.6 35 Gulf Air A9CKB A332 243 09/06/2013 09/06/2015 0 21.2 36 Gulf Air A9CKC A332 243 11/01/2014 11/01/2016 0 41.9 BAHRAIN MMR AS OF January 2014.xlsx MIDRMA 1 BAHRAIN - APPROVED RVSM ACFT MINIMUM MONITORING REQUIREMENTS AS OF JANUARY 2014 37 Gulf Air A9CKD A332 243 08/06/2013 08/06/2015 0 95.8 38 Gulf Air A9CKE A332 243 30/05/2012 30/05/2014 0 11.2 39 Gulf Air A9CKF A332 243 05/12/2013 05/12/2015 0 17.7 40 Gulf Air A9CKG A332 243 09/03/2013 09/03/2015 0 65 41 Gulf Air A9CKI A332 230 12/03/2013 12/03/2015 0 55.4 42 Gulf Air A9CKJ A332 243 11/06/2012 11/06/2014 0 81 43 Gulf Air A9CLG A343 313E 17/01/2012 16/01/2014 1 1.5 EXPIRED 44 Gulf Air A9CLH A343 313E 16/12/2011 15/12/2013 1 -11.8 EXPIRED 45 MAE Aircraft Management A9CJNC B733 300 27/07/2013 27/07/2015 0 -56 46 MAE Aircraft Management A9CJWC B733 300 19/05/2013 19/05/2015 0 -69.9 47 MAE Aircraft Management A9CMTC E135 Legacy 600 13/08/2013 13/08/2015 0 101.4 48 MAE Aircraft Management A9CTLH CL60 CL600-2B16 11/10/2013 11/10/2015 0 30.7 49 TAG AVIATION BAHRAIN WLL A9CACE CRJX CL600-2B16 09/12/2013 09/12/2015 0 67 50 Delmun Aviation Services A9CDAA B732 268 1 No Result MMR for Kingdom of Bahrain as of January 2014 = 3 BAHRAIN MMR AS OF January 2014.xlsx MIDRMA 2 EGYPT - APPROVED RVSM ACFT MINIMUM MONITORING REQUIREMENTS AS OF JANUARY 2014 Seq.# Operator ACFT ACFT ACFT Last Euro.