Air Operator Certificate (AOC) - CAA

AOC GUIDE – COMMERCIAL AIR OPERATIONS (PCAAD-617)
3.2.1 Pre application Statement of Intent:
The applicant will be asked to provide a Pre-Application Statement of Intent when
reasonably certain of proceeding to certification. This statement may be in the form of a
letter and contain the following information:
a) Proposed company name;
b) Proposed date of commencement of operation;
c) Type and the area of operation;
d) Type(s) of aircraft with their Registration;
e) Aircraft owned or leased, and if leased, type and duration of the lease
agreement;
f) Proposed Operational / Maintenance Control Mechanism;
g) Nature of training proposed (aircraft and/or simulator);
h) Location of administrative, maintenance and operational facilities,
i) The qualifications of key management personnel;
3.2.2 Pre-Application Meeting:
The purpose of this meeting is to ensure that the applicant has a clear understanding of
the certification process and to provide a firm basis on which the PCAA can prepare a
quote for the issue of an AOC. As a minimum, the following points will be discussed
during this meeting:
a) Responsibilities of the Operator and PCAA: The applicant must be aware of the
division of responsibility between company personnel and the PCAA. The
applicant must also be aware of the desirability of submitting required items as
soon as they become available and advising the certification team of any
problems or changes in the operation as proposed;
b) Regulatory Requirements: Specific requirements peculiar to the proposed
operation with regards to applicable CARs and ANOs. It is essential that the
applicant understand which regulatory requirements are relevant to the intended
operations;
c) Contents of the Formal Application and its attachments;
d) Qualification of key personnel: The qualifications and experience required of key
operations, airworthiness and management personnel;
e) Manuals and documentation: The type of manuals, records and other
documents, which shall have to prepared and submitted to FSD and
Airworthiness for approval prior to certification. The required
Manuals/Documents must completely be drawn up prior to the submission of the
formal application;
f) Timeframe for the Certification Process: The application and its attachments
must be submitted at least 80 days before the date of intended revenue
operation. This will provide adequate time to handle the application if all aspects
are correct and complete at the time of submission.
g) Delays/Interruption in the process of certification: If the certification has not been
completed due to non- conformity or because of any other delay from the
applicant within that period, the application may be deemed to have lapsed and
the fee has to be paid for any re-inspection.
h) Processing Fee: The fee which accompanies the formal application is nonrefundable
and is based on completion of all processes within the time frame of
80 days from the date of submission of application along with all required
evidence in shape of manuals, documents etc. Each activity performed by the
Regulatory body has a separate fee i.e. inspection, review, demonstration etc.
Refer to Chapter 1 for the Fee Schedule.
i) Guidance from PCAA: There is a distinction between general advice from the
PCAA (which is free), formal advice from the PCAA (for which a fee is charged)
and specialist advice (which is available from consultants).
Note: It shall be obligatory for the prospective operator to make all arrangements of
pre-application meeting for the PCAA Inspectors including the arrangements at
out-stations, if required.
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