31 July 2011 C1 CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT HONG KONG ...

AIRWORTHINESS NOTICE No. 74APPENDIX No. 2Issue 530 May 2005CRITERIA APPLIED BY THE DIRECTOR-GENERAL WHEN CONSIDERINGCONCESSIONS AGAINST HONG KONG CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS1 Applicant for concessions will be required to show that efforts have been made toanticipate the demand for additional capacity and that all practicable steps have beentaken to comply with the Hong Kong certification standards.2 A significant proportion of the Hong Kong fleet of one type of aircraft must not be thesubject of concessions at one time. Usually, therefore, concessions will be limited totwo aircraft of any given operator's fleet at any one time.3 Subject to (1) and (2), concessions will be considered for up to six months on any oneaircraft, and this period may be extended to 12 months where service experienceexceeds 50 million hours.4 In considering whether a concession should be granted, account will be taken of theaccident record with respect to the Additional Requirement or other requirement inquestion.5 The operator's obligations to comply with operational requirements may constrain thescope of any Concession. Amongst other items:(a)Aircraft Performance Informationcomply with Hong Kong airworthiness standards in important respects.(b)Handling, flight deck layout, instrumentation, flight management systems andwarnings differences within a fleet to be acceptable may require dedicated crews andrelevant training.CancellationThis Notice Appendix cancels Airworthiness Notice No.74 Appendix No.2 Issue 4, dated 31January 2002, which should be destroyed.AN-74 A2 P.130 May 2005