Air Operator Certificate (AOC) - CAA

AOC GUIDE – COMMERCIAL AIR OPERATIONS (PCAAD-617)
3.7.6 Applicant not Ready for Certification:
Where the certification team is of the opinion that there are major deviations from
schedule of events, unacceptable manuals, inadequate maintenance arrangements etc.,
the team shall immediately notify the shortcomings in writing to DFS. If the DFS agrees
with the recommendations of the team, the applicant shall be informed and briefed
accordingly for the deficiencies. All documents submitted by the applicant would be
returned and the applicant advised to re-apply for AOC when he/she is ready for the
AOC audit.
Note: The PCAA shall not be responsible of any kind of loss incurred to the
prospective operator during the process of preparation / certification for an AOC.
3.7.7 Variation of an Air Operators Certificate:
a) Requirement of variation in the AOC / Operations Specifications (Ops. Specs) of
AOC may arise due to changes in the Operator’s planned operations , or as a
result of action under the provision of the CAR’s 94 and the Air Navigation
Orders;
b) Where a variation is likely to take place in the planned operations under an AOC,
the holder has an obligation to notify the PCAA of the proposed changes and
seek approval of the amendments to the respective AOC / Operations
specifications;
c) In case an operator is seeking an addition or deletion to the existing Operations
Specifications, he/she should give in writing to PCAA the change wanted, the
reason for the requested change, procedures to be followed to comply with the
change and the proposed date the change is to take place. Failure to notify the
change in the operations specifications and to operate without prior approval of
the procedures for that operation is a breach of CAR’s 1994 and the ANO’s.
3.7.8 Addition / Removal of an Aircraft to/from Operations Specifications:
a) An operator is required to submit an applications to include/exclude an aircraft
in/from the Operations Specifications in reasonable time for the PCAA to assess
the operator’s competence to utilize that type;
b) Based upon knowledge of the operator’s current fleet, the need for further
inspection of the operator’s facilities, training and checking organization,
maintenance organization and aircraft will be determined. If these are
necessary, the operator shall provide details as to when the facilities and aircraft
(as applicable) will be available for inspection. The operator must also provide
appropriate amendments to operations manual, training manual and aircraft
flight manual, minimum equipment list of each aircraft for approval if already not
approved.
3.7.9 Withholding, Suspension and Cancellation of a Certificate:
The competent authority may refuse to grant or renew the Certificate, or suspend /
cancel the same under the Rules.
If the applicant has committed a financial breach of not paying the renewal fee or any
other PCAA outstanding dues, his certificate is liable to be with held, suspended or
cancelled.
03/01/2011 3-20 MNL-005-FSXX-3.0