Minutes of 9th Airworthiness Consultative Committee Meeting
Thursday 30th May 2013
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Dubai
Meeting attended by:
NAME
TITLE
M. H. Subasinghe
Shevantha Weerasekera
John Scott-Laws
Bouchaib Dolla
Ismail Mohamed
Alexandre Mule
Tariq Al Omari
Ahmad Alzraiqat
Trevor Crow
Arnel Odeste
Mukhtar Khalid
Abdulaziz Mohammed Abdulaziz
Elias Talj
Robert Domcek
Andrew Lawson
Industry
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies
Aerogulf
Air Arabia
Air Arabia
Aircelle
Amigos Balloons
Asscom
Avisa Gulf
Belgraver M.E.
Belgraver M.E.
Dana Executive Jets
Dana Executive Jets
Dana Executive Jets
Dubai Air Wing
Abdelkader Tazerout
Jasim Hassan
Mark Robinson
Harish Sadarangani
Jibran Abbas
Manu Mathusudanan
Graham Speake
John Crook
Liam Doyle
Mark Fitzpatrick
Matthew Withers
Robin Mandy
Ian French
Paul Henderson
Kevin Culbert
Joachim Bergunde
Kasi Sathappan
Dave Lewis
Mick Hills
Emirates Airlines
Emirates Airlines
Emirates Airlines
Empire Aviation Group
Emirates Aviation Services
Emirates Aviation Services
ExecuJet Aviation Group
ExecuJet Aviation Group
ExecuJet Aviation Group
ExecuJet Aviation Group
ExecuJet Aviation Group
ExecuJet Aviation Group
Falcon Aircraft Recycling
Falcon Aircraft Recycling
Falcon Aviation Services
First Emirates Aviation Group
First Emirates Aviation Group
Fly Dubai
Fly Dubai
Safian Baharome
Aleksandar Veljkovic
Ayman Alsarhan
Khaled Abu Shawar
Nafez Zahdeh
Anthony Garrod
Tasnim Hayat Malik
Muhammad Khalid Baig
Wajahat Ali Khan
N. Bakir
Luigi Fernando
Andre Loutfi
Qatada Alani
Yevgen Novikov
Jacques Malan
Hakan Ozdemir
Hani George Khoury
Tony Beaumont
Daniel Sullivan
Mourad Ait-Ouyahia
Richard Mccall
Russell Lee
Steve Welsh
Amjad
Demetris Demetri
Andre Drevs
Kaleem Usmani
Mohamad Chandab
Fly Dubai
Global Jet
Global Jet
Global Jet
Gulf Wings
helidubai
helidubai
Horizon Academy
Jet Aviation
MSI Air
Maximus Air
Midex Airlines
Midex Airlines
Motor Sich M.E.
PAB Airwing
Panasonic
Presidential Flight
RBI Hawker, Hawker Pacific Air Services
Rotana Jet
Royal Jet
Rulers Flight Sharjah
Rulers Flight Sharjah
SPS Middle East Trading
Sabeti Wain Aerospace
Strata Manufacturing
Virtual Airline Aviation Services
Virtual Airline Aviation Services
Zodiac Seat Services Middle East
Nikhil Mohan
Zodiac Seat Services Middle East
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GCAA
Ahmed Al Rawahi (Chairman)
Director of Airworthiness
Hatem Dibian
Manager Air Operators & CAMO
Zahid Munawar
Manager Engineering Safety
Omar Bin Ghannam
Manager MROs
Omar Musa
Senior Inspector – MROs
Yousuf Al Azizi
Senior Inspector – Air Operators & CAMO
Warren Storey
Senior Inspector – Air Operators & CAMO
Hisham A. O. Hablail
Inspector – MROs
Omar Bumelha
Inspector – Air Operators & CAMO
Nasser Jamea
Inspector – Engineering Safety
Paul A. Price
Engineering Inspector
Muhammad Kamran Shakir
Business Analyst – IT
Khalid Ahmed Mousa
Planning and Standards Specialist
Hanan Mohammed
Inspection Officer
Seema Siddique
Administrative Assistant
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Item
No.
1.
Summary of Discussion and Follow-up / Actions
Introduction:
The Chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and thanked Midex for
making excellent arrangements for the event.
2.
Chairman’s Presentation on Airworthiness:
A presentation was made by the Chairman to familiarise the industry with
the Airworthiness Department’s activities, plans and statistics (for details
please refer to attached presentation).
3.
Q-Pulse:
Khalid Mousa gave a presentation on the new features of Q-Pulse, precisely
about the manual uploading module.
Discussion Items:
1. When Q-Pulse status indicates the manual is accepted, what does this
signify?
This signifies that the manual has been accepted for review by the
Principal Inspector.
2. Empire inquired about Temporary Revision in Q-Pulse.
Temporary Revision will be uploaded, if accepted by the Principal
Inspector, under the current approved revision, until such revision
amendment is received. This amendment will then be included in the
proposed amendment revision by the organisation and the Temporary
Revision file will be removed.
3. HeliDubai inquired whether they should upload new revisions of the
Operations Manual as Initial/Revision.
If it is the initial submission of the manual and this manual has never
been approved previously, then it should be submitted through the
Initial Document Approval. However, if the manual was already
approved and now amendment is required then it should be sent using
Change Request in the Document module.
4.
Licensing:
Following enquiries made by the Industry related to Licensing Department’s
activities, the Chairman invited Licensing to this ACC meeting. Paul Price,
Engineering Inspector, gave a presentation on CAR 66 Revision 01 (for
details please refer to attached presentation).
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Assigned
To
Action
Due
5.
CAR 145 (MROs):
Omar Musa gave a presentation on CAR 145’s updates and regulation
amendments, CAR 145 e-services and Post-holder e-services (for details
please refer to attached presentation).
Discussion Items:
1. Royal Jet questioned why a CFFF is required when EASA does not
require this certificate?
CFFF requirement existed in the GCAA regulation as a means to
release an aircraft for test flight as well as to support the release of
an aircraft flying under Flight Permit. This requirement shall be
retained until such time that an alternative regulatory requirement
can be in place.
2. Emirates inquired about the Security Clearance being mandatory for
renewals but not for extensions of CAR 145 approval application.
However, the e-services is requiring the submission of a security
clearance during application for extension.
This is an anomaly in the system which is currently being
aggressively reviewed by the CAR 145 and IT teams.
3. Jet Aviation commented on the CAR 145 e-services as follows:
a. The process is extremely time-consuming. We need to
select one field and then browser updates the next drop
down menu. This is very slow.
b. For the same aircraft type we need to make two entries if
we have both Base and Line approval; even if that approval
is at same location.
c. The scope of approval for Line maintenance is limited to L1,
L2 and L3, notwithstanding IB 4/2013 and the fact that an
AMO may have Line approval beyond the L4 level.
d. There is no way to save the application during the process
of completion
All above points have been forwarded to IT and are under
discussion. Solutions to the above are pending.
4. Emirates and Panasonic raised a query regarding Dual Release
Certificate.
Dual Release Certificate comes under the preview of EASA/FAA
bilateral. GCAA regulation defines only AW Form 1Release
Certificate. Any UAE-approved organisation issuing Dual Release is
not considered in compliance with the CAR 145 regulation. An IB to
this effect will be published to the Industry shortly.
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IT/CAR 145
IT/CAR 145
CAR 145
6.
CAR 21 (Engineering Safety):
Zahid Munawar gave a presentation on CAR 21’s activities. He spoke about
acceptable Type Certificate in the UAE, Production Organization Approval,
New Industry guidelines, the Monetary penalty scheme and the GCAA
website (for details please refer to attached presentation).
Discussion Items:
1. Aerogulf queried about the Type validation of aircraft based on
State of Design and CAR 145 model grouping. They queried that Bell
212 and 214 are Type Accepted in the U.A.E. based on FAA Type
Certificate, however, CAR 145 is charging a fee based on EASA
categorisation.
The policy for Type Acceptance based on State of Design was
explained, with request to raise this matter in writing to the GCAA
for detailed consideration.
Aerogulf/
CAR 21
2. Emirates raised a query on potential policy on Monetary Penalty
Scheme for voluntarily reported matters.
The GCAA will look into each matter on a case-to-case basis.
However, the policy has not yet been finalised. EDASAS also
explained this to the participants. There is no further action on this
point.
3. Ruler’s Flight Sharjah asked what the reason is behind GCAA’s
implementation of fees and charges.
Presently, the GCAA enforcement system does not have moderate
enforcement regime available to promote voluntary compliance.
Due to this a need is felt to put in place such an enforcement
regime for promoting safety. It was pointed out that such a
moderate enforcement is available with other regulators. This was
also explained by EDASAS to the participants. There is no further
action on this point.
7.
CAR M (Air Operators & CAMO):
Hatem Dibian gave a presentation on CAR M updates, e-services, ARC
issues, changes to CAR OPS 1 regulations and ETOPS/EDTO (for details
please refer to attached presentation).
Discussion Items:
1. Emirates asked if it is mandatory to submit a CFFF along with the
Flight Permit application, as it is usually received just prior to flight.
GCAA will review the CFFF requirement for the Flight Permit
application.
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2. Emirates queried about the importance of issuing ARC for new
aircraft deliveries with Boeing and Airbus. They also questioned if it
was required to send their Quality Inspectors to attend the aircraft
deliveries?
GCAA is reviewing these inquiries and will clarify the requirements.
8.
Adress by EDASAS:
Mr. Ismaeil Al Balooshi, Executive Director of Aviation Safety Affairs Sector,
also made a brief appearance at the ACC meeting.
He addressed the Industry on several discussion items.
EDASAS informed them about the stress on Customer Service within the
GCAA and the various initiatives taken to improve Customer Service at all
levels.
He also advised the Industry regarding the availability of Inspectors through
the hotline number, which may be used for emergency purposes only.
Details regarding the hotline number were published to the Industry in the
form of an IB earlier.
He also enquired with the attendees
9.
Acknowledgement Trophy:
Mr. Bouchaib Dolla of Air Arabia was presented with the GCAA trophy,
acknowledging his consistent contribution towards enhancing safety in
particular within Air Arabia and in general in the U.A.E. aviation. Mr. Dolla
has been very keen in complying with the regulatory requirements.
Mr. Dolla is a very experienced professional in almost all areas of
Airworthiness. Details of his career are as follows:
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1985: Gradated with an Aeronautical Engineering degree from RAM
Academy.
1985 to 1994: Aircraft Engineer with Royal Air Maroc (RAM).
In 1994 passed and graduated with a Masters in aircraft
maintenance with RAM Academy.
1994 to 1996 Quality Inspector / Controller with Royal Air Maroc.
June 1996 to December 2004 Airworthiness Inspector with
Moroccan Civil Aviation Authority.
July to December 2004. Head of Regulatory and Standards Royal air
Maroc.
January 2004 to December 2009: Principal Airworthiness Inspector
with Moroccan Civil Aviation Authority.
January 2010 to August 2010: Quality, Safety and Security Manager
(Post Holder) with Air Arabia Morocco (MAC).
August 2010 to now: Quality Manager (Post Holder) with Air Arabia
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Sharjah (ABY).
Mr. Dolla is a role model in his area of expertise and the GCAA wishes him
all the best for the future.
NEXT MEETING: The next meeting will be held on 28 November 2013.
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