Survey Summary Aeroplane performance Version 0-9 February 06 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) through the Rulemaking task 096 Review of aeroplane performance is considering the implementation of the ICAO State Letter 0 proposing amendments to Annex 6 Part and several other annexes. These proposed amendments introduce new elements for the in-flight assessment of landing distance and for runway surface condition reporting further to the work done by the Take-off and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) Aviation Rulemaking Committee (ARC) and the ICAO Friction Task Force (FTF). A stepping stone for the process is to gain an understanding of the current situation, especially in the EASA Member States. For that reason an EU Survey was developed. Disclaimer The number of answers to this survey cannot ensure that the results are representative of the sector. Therefore the interpretation of the results has to be cautious. The Agency strongly recommends that you contact us (impact.assessment@easa.europa.eu) for any questions on the usage of the survey. The following summary of the survey has been done in order to give a short feedback to the respondents for each question they have answered. Further analysis are being performed by the Agency to assess how to use it in its rulemaking activities. Audience: Addressees: Survey map RAG/FCL&OPS TAG/ADR TAG/ATM-ANS TAG and SSCC Members Survey period: December 05 to 8 February 06 Tool: EUSurvey website An agency o the European Union TE.RPRO.0004-004 European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Confirm revision status through the EASA intranet/internet. Page of 6
Table of contents. Background... Error! Bookmark not defined.. General information on the survey.... Overview of the answers... 4.. By country... 4.. By type of organisation... 4 4. Are you aware of the changes proposed by TALPA ARC or ICAO State Letter 0?... 5 4.. Organisations other than authorities that are not aware of the proposed changes:... 6 4.. Aditional comments... 6 4.4. Authorities that are aware of the proposed changes were also asked 4 additional questions:... 7 4.5. Do you feel there are inconsistencies or missing elements in the current rules EU (965/0 Part-CAT) on the determination of landing performance at dispatch and in-flight?8 4.6. Additional comments... 8 5. Air navigation service providers and aerodrome operators section... 9 6. Business aviation aircraft operators section... 7. ECA/pilots section... 5 8. Appendices... 6 8.. Appendix Template for survey sent in December 05... 6 TE.RPRO.0004-004 European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Confirm revision status through the EASA intranet/internet. Page of 6
. General information on the survey A survey was conducted to assess the scale of the problem from airline operators point of view (see Appendix for survey template). EASA Advisory Bodies have been contacted to fill in or forward a questionnaire for airline operators between mid-december 05 and mid-february 06. 7 stakeholders from countries answered, amongst which: authoties, air navigation service providers, aerodrome operators, business aviation aircraft operators, GAMA manufacturers and ECA/pilots. European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page of 6
. Overview of the answers.. By country European Aviation Safety Agency 7 relevant participating organisations from countries: Germany Czech Republic France Sweden Portugal Belgium Slovak Republic Switzerland United Kingdom Norway Netherlands Denmark Finland Spain N/A Hong Kong Albanian CAA Hungary MONTENEGRO Croatia Italy Iceland 7 0 7 Manufacturers Air navigation service providers; Aerodrome operators; National aviation authorities; ECA/pilots. Business aviation aircraft operators; Source: EU Survey RMT.096.. By type of organisation Number of respondents per organisational type: Business aviation aircraft operators; 4 ECA/pilots. National aviation authorities; 0 Aerodrome operators; 8 Air navigation service providers; Manufacturers Source: EU Survey RMT.096 European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 4 of 6
. Are you aware of the changes proposed by TALPA ARC or ICAO State Letter 0? Note: this question was asked to all participants in the survey but it was divided in two sets (a for authorities and b for everyone else). Total number of respondents:74 40 5 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 a & b: Are you aware of the changes proposed by TALPA ARC or ICAO State Letter 0? 0 GAMA manufacturers Source: question a and b 0 8 0 0 5 Air navigation service providers; Yes No Grand Total National aviation authorities; Aerodrome operators; 4 5 6 Business aviation aircraft operators; Note: the below graph is a representation of the above one but filtered only for business aviation aircraft operators and shown by country. Total number of respondents:4 Operators (4): Are you aware of the changes proposed by TALPA ARC/ICAO State Letter 0? Germany France Denmark Belgium Czech Republic Switzerland Slovak Republic Croatia Portugal Spain Sweden 4 6 7 9 Yes No Source: question b European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 5 of 6
.. Organisations other than authorities that are not aware of the proposed changes: Germany 7 France Denmark Belgium Business aviation aircraft operators; Aerodrome operators; Switzerland Czech Republic Source: question b.. Aditional comments Additional comments on Q: request for regulatory harmonisation % (blank) 97% European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 6 of 6
.4. Authorities that are aware of the proposed changes were also asked 4 additional questions: Note: Total number of participating in the survey authorities:0 Authorities which marked "Yes" on Qa:.4 Changes to your current practices? 6. Are you aware of difficulties in the implementation of TALPA ARC recommendations? 6 4 0. Are runway condition reporting and in-flight landing distance assessment part of the Operations Manual approval/assessment? 8. Do you already consider runway condition reporting and in-flight landing distance assessment when issuing AOCs and during the oversight of CAT operators? 7 0 4 6 8 0 Yes No No answer Source: question.;.;.;.4 European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 7 of 6
.5. Do you feel there are inconsistencies or missing elements in the current rules EU (965/0 Part-CAT) on the determination of landing performance at dispatch and in-flight? Note: this questions was asked only to authorites. Total number: 0. Do you feel there are inconsistencies or missing elements in the current rules EU (965/0 Part-CAT) on the determination of landing performance at dispatch and in-flight? Yes, 6 No, No answer, 0 4 5 6 7 Source: question.6. Additional comments Q Additional comments request for clarity and consistency of performance requirements 8% (blank) 9% European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 8 of 6
4. Air navigation service providers and aerodrome operators section Note: the below graph represents answers from both stakeholder types. What is your estimated number of Pilot Reports on braking action after 0 as compared to before 0? Aerodrome operators; More;, Equal;, 5 No asnwer, Air navigation service providers; Equal;, Source: question Note: the below graph represents answers from a question asked only to aerodrome operators Aerodromes (8): 4. Do you use Pilot Reports to manage airport operations in adverse weather conditions? correlatedwith Q (Estimated number on braking actions after 0 compared to 0) Yes More;, Equal;, No asnwer, No Equal;, Source: question 4 European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 9 of 6
Note: the below graph represents answers from a questiona asked only to aerodrome operators Aerodromes (8): 4.a. How do you use Pilot Reports to manage airport operations in adverse weather conditions? Decision-making tool, Aditional info, 4 European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 0 of 6
5. Business aviation aircraft operators section Operators(4): 5. Do you have a SMS that addresses take-off and landing performance? No, 7 Yes, 5 Source: question 5 Operators (4): 6. Do you have a FDM programme related to approach? No asnwer, No, 7 Yes, Source: question 6 Operators(4): Do you have SMS that addresses take-off and landing correlated with FDM related to approach? No asnwer, Yes, 0 Yes, No, 5 No Source: question 5 and 6 No, Yes European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page of 6
Operators (4):7. Do you have a FDM programme related to landing performance? Yes, No, 9 Source: question 7 Operators (4): 8. To which extent are in-flight landing distance assessments performed before landing? Always; 5 Only when needed; 0 Seldom. 5 No asnwer Often; 0 5 0 5 0 5 0 Source: question 8 Operators(4):9. If in-flight landing distance assessments are performed before landing, which criteria do you use? Mixed criteria Runway state Pre-defined tables Other (braking action/no Weather FMS No criteria EFB 4 6 8 8 9 Source: question 9 European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page of 6
Operators(4):0. Do your crews submit PIREPS on contaminated or slippery runways? No, 0 Yes, Source: question 0 Operators(4):. Is training provided to establish what a slippery runway is? No, 5 No asnwer, Yes, 5 Source: question European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page of 6
Source: question 0 and Operators (4):. Do you operate in airports with special landing or approach procedures or other restrictions in your network? Less than 5%; None; No asnwer More than 50% 5%-50%; Source: question Operators (4):. What is the estimated percentage of aerodromes in your network which are performance limited in take-off or landing by the available runway length? Less than 5%; 9 5%-50%; 8 None; 5 Source: question European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 4 of 6
6. ECA/pilots section ECA/pilots (): 6. To which extentdo you performin-flight landing distance assessments before landing? United Kingdom Finland Switzerland Hong Kong Germany Italy Portugal Iceland Netherlands Sweden Belgium Always; Only when needed; Seldom. Source: question 6 Source: question 7 and 8 European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 5 of 6
7. Appendices European Aviation Safety Agency 7.. Appendix Template for survey sent in December 05 RMT096AicraftPerf ormance06 European Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO900 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Page 6 of 6