Interim Report - Introduction - EASA

INTERIM REPORT – DATA SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
EASA.2009.OP.21
AEA
Your ow n airline's
Aircraft Manufacturer's
IATA De/Anti-Icing Quality Control Pool
SAE
National Authority's
Aerodromes'
Ow ner "mother" airline's
Service Providers'
Aerodrome User Councils'
Airline Alliances's/Partner's
airsight GmbH - 28 -
4%
4%
7%
11%
11%
15%
30%
44%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Figure 18: Standards required by airlines for de-icing / anti-icing operations
AEA recommendations are very comprehensive, frequently updated, and freely available
over the internet. It must be noted, however, that no reference is made by the service
providers to ICAO Manuals and national specifications (choice: “Other”). However, most
stakeholders understand that procedures developed from the AEA Recommendations will
automatically ensure compliance with ICAO Annex 6, Doc 9640 and EU OPS.
Interviews further revealed that service providers spend a large amount of effort in
considering each airline’s specific requirements. These requirements are provided to the
service providers at the beginning of each season in the form of an airline winter operations
manual (according to the aircraft operator respondents, 86% of them have specific
requirements 13 ). As the manual structure and the requirements may differ for each airline,
their implementation in operations is a challenging task.
Numerous service providers interviewed pointed out this last issue, and called for a
harmonisation of the airline requirements.
2.2.4.2 De-icing / anti-icing quality assurance
Quality assurance is accomplished via internal and external audits. As shown in Figure 19,
70% of the service providers stated that internal audits were accomplished 14 .
13 Aircraft Operator Questionnaire – Question 1.8: Do you provide documentation to Service Providers
detailing your own specific requirements?
14 Service Provider Questionnaire – Question 6.3: Who conducts audits on your Operations?
70%
74%
85%