CAAP 2 - Operations Specifications

Syrian Arab Republic

CIVIL AVIATION ADVISORY PUBLICATION

CAAP 2
OPERATIONS SPECIFICATIONS
OP’s SPEC.
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PROCEDURES FOR THE PREPARATION OF OPERATIONS SPECIFICATIONS

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1. PURPOSE

This Civil Aviation Advisory Publication (CAAP 2) provides guidance to those

operators or individuals, who propose to apply for approval to conduct
commercial air transport operations. State regulations should require that the
operations specifications and limitations applicable to an AOC be issued in
conjunction with the issue of the certificate.

2. STATUS OF THIS CAAP

This is the second issue of CAAP 2, operations specifications and is dated

Jan 2008. It will remain current until withdrawn or suspended.

3. APPLICABILITY

This guidance material applies to individual or organizations requiring

information about the SAR approval process to conduct commercial air
transport operations. The information contained in this CAAP also provides
operators of private category aircraft, especially turbo-jet aircraft and aircraft
over 5700 kg.

4. CONTENTS

Section Title Page

1 Purpose 1
2 Status 1
3 Applicability 1
4 Contents 1
5 Policy 2
6 References 2
7 Contents of ops specification 2
8 General provision 3
9 En-route authorization and limitations 3
10 Aerodrome (or heliport) authorizations and limitations 3
11 Maintenance 3
12 Mass and Balance 3
13 Interchange of equipment operations 3
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14 aircraft leasing operations 3

15 acceptance process 4
16 certification 4
16. application and/or amendment. 6
17. authorized company signatories. 6
18. amendment of operations specifications. 7
19. receipt acknowledgement 8
20. certification 9

5. POLICY

a) These operating specifications and limitation, herein other referred to as

operations specifications, are utilized to supplement the general
provisions of the basic certificate, lest authorizations and limitations not
specifically covered by the SCAA regulations and facilitate the
administrative procedures.

b) The combined issuance of the AOC and the Operations Specifications

constitutes the SCAA approval of the operation.

c) All limitation mentioned in the AOC’s CAAP are applied to the issuance
and approval of the operations specifications.

6. REFERENCES

-SCAR PART 4 CH.1 , CH.4

-International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)

(i) ICAO DOC 8335-AN/879;

(ii) ICAO DOC 9376;

(iii) ICAO DOC 9389-AN/919.

7. OVERVIEW AND CONTENTS OF OPS. SPECIFICATION

Operations Specifications will be printed and published on standard forms

produced by the CAA. These are:

CAA Form l29…………. Operation Specifications (all-purpose)

CAA Form l29-l…………… Operations Specifications (Enroute flight

procedures and geographic area authorization).

Samples of these forms are found in the appendix of this CAAP. In addition
to the requirements referenced in the preceding topic, contents of air carrier
and commercial operator operations specifications are set forth in SCAR
PART 4 ,CH.1 SEC.2. Deviations from the SCAR's, as provided for in

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individual regulations, will be placed in the Operations Specifications in the

part that is appropriate to the subject for which the deviation has been
granted (e.g. deviation from management personnel is placed under Part
A-General).

Normally, exemptions from the CAR's will not be made a part of Operations
Specifications. CAR Part 1 provides direction for exemptions to the
regulations and states that such exemptions will be handled by a letter. In
those cases where an exemption affects information which appears, or
normally would appear, in the Operations Specifications, then the pertinent
exemption information will also be placed in the Operations Specifications.

Operations Specification are issued in parts with contents as follows:

PART A - GENERAL

Kinds of operations authorized and types of airplanes authorized for use.

Commercial Operators will include their flight following system and
management personnel as required.

PART B - ENROUTE AUTHORIZATIONS AND LIMITATIONS

Enroute flight procedures between authorized airports listed in Part C and

any special provisions including geographic areas of operation (CAA Form
129-1). Changes to authorized operating areas due to aircraft leased to
others will be placed here.

PART C - AIRPORT AUTHORIZATIONS AND LIMITATIONS.

A listing of authorized airports (Regular, Alternates, or Refueling),

Instrument approval procedures such as Radio/Nav., ILS Category II and III
Approach and Landing provisions and other authorized minimums.

PART D - AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE

Approved maintenance program, contractual arrangements, time limitations

or standards for determining time limitations for overhauls, checks and
inspections, special flight authority, parts pool managements, aircraft
listing, reliability programs, short term escalation, etc.

PART E - WEIGHT AND BALANCE.

Procedures for maintaining an up-to-date basic weight and basic index for
an aircraft plus load computation methodology.

PART F - SCHEDULED CARGO FLIGHTS, CHARTER FLIGHTS OR OTHER.

Primarily charter operation provisions for flag operators.

Part G - INTERCHANGE OF EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS.

Agreement between airlines for sharing use of an airplane.

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Part H - WET LEASE OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.

8. GENERAL PROVISION

Specify the make and model of aircraft authorized for use, the maximum
passenger seating capacity authorized by the SCAA, authorized system of
flight following and any other general authorization or limitations not covered
by the other parts

9. EN-ROUTE AUTHORIZATIONS AND LIMITATIONS

Specify the routes or route Segments which may be used by the operator, the
conditions under which deviations from such routes are authorized, minimum
en-route altitudes, conditions under which operations are authorized under
VFR and operations within Minimum Navigation performance Specifications
(MNPS) airspace.

10. AERODROME (OR HELIPORT) AUTHORIZATIONS AND LIMITATIONS.

Specify destination and alternate aerodrome authorized for user, instrument

approach procedures, aerodrome (or heliport) operation minima authorized
including take-off minima and any special operating limitations in respect of
minima.

11. MAINTENANCE

Specify all special maintenance authorizations on inspections-overhauls and

rework of components.

12. MASS AND BALANCE

Specify all authorizations of standard mass quantities and Mss and Balance
control.

13. INTERCHANGE OF EQUIPMENT OPERATIONS

Specify the authorized interchange of aircraft between the operator and other
operators, the type of equipment to be used, the crew to be utilized, the route
and aerodromes to be used, the operations manual and aircraft operating
manual to be utilized (i.e. which operator’s manual) and applicable
aerodrome (or heliport) operating minima.

14. AIRCRAFT LEASING OPERATIONS

Specify the parties to the agreement and the duration thereof; the type of leas
(i.e. wet or dry); in the case where two operators are involved, the operator
responsible for operational control; the route, area of operation and
aerodromes (or heliports) involved, the type and registration numbers of the

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aircraft involved; the party responsible for maintenance; and reference to the
SCAA approval letter/order of the lease.
15. ACCEPTANCE PROCESS

In must cases considerable time and effort will be saved if the SCAA
inspectors work closely with the applicant and staff in preparing the various
parts of the operations specifications prior to the time the recommendation is
made to the SCAA. It must be recognized that the details of the operations
specifications that the final version must be acceptable to the operator as well
as the SCAA.

16. APPLICATION AND/OR AMENDMENT.

(a) The reverse side of the Operations Specification page (form

129/129-1) is the application form for obtaining approval of the text
on that page.

(b) When applying for new or amended operations specifications, the

upper portion of the reverse side is filled out as follows:

(i) Fill in the blank for "Operating Certificate No." (except when
applying as an uncertificated applicant; in which case leave
the space blank).

(ii) Fill in the applicant company's name in the space preceding

the words "hereby makes applications”.

(iii) Fill in, after the words "as follows", a brief statement as to
what is being requested. If the application is for an original
issue of an Ops Spec's page, state what is being requested. If
the application is for an amendment, state what has been
changed or added in comparison with the operations
specification page to be replaced.

Examples are: “Add Recto, Sierra Leone and Manchester,

U.K to the list of authorized airports as a "REGULAR
AIRPORT", "Add Central America and South America and the
area of the Caribbean Sea under ROUTE OR ROUTE
SEGMENT"; or " Change B707 maintenance program from
condition-monitoring, to on-condition/hard time program" .

(iv) Fill in after "Reasons and supporting data" a brief but clear
explanation and justification for the approval of the
Operations Specifications/ amended Ops Spec's appearing
on the front of the form.

Examples are: "Requested for newly obtained route authority

(see attached documents)"; "Authority requested as a result
of lease agreement pending with XYZ Airline"; or "Reduction
in engineering staff available to perform the required

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condition-monitoring function.

(c) The company must complete the original and two copies. Both the
front and the application portion of the back must be filled out. The
application must be signed by an authorized person.

(d) Since Operations Specifications are legal documents, strikeouts,

strikeovers, erasures, or other irregularities are not acceptable.

(e) whether the Operations Specifications are being prepared by the

company or by the SCAA, they should be clear and concise and the
intent specific. Most important, the intent should be clearly and fully
understood by the company and the approving official of the SCAA.

17. AUTHORIZED COMPANY SIGNATORIES.

The Certificate holder should determine the names of those persons that
are authorized to sign Operations Specifications on behalf of the company.
Authorized persons should be employed in an authoritative position in the
company. They should be selected from both maintenance and flight
operations personnel and be approved by the company chief executive.
They should be familiar with the content of the certificate holder's
Operations Specifications, understand Syrian Civil Aviation Regulations,
and be aware of the content of and revisions to the certificate holder's
manuals.

A certificate holder must provide the SCAA with a list of authorized

persons, their signatures and which of the Operations Specifications they
may sign. This will normally be by letter and must be resubmitted whenever
a change in signature authority occurs.

The DGCAA, under the powers conferred by SCAR PART 4, CH.1 , SEC.2
may require a certificate holder to submit an Operations Specification item
containing this information. This Operations Specifications, when approved
by the SCAA, would form part of the Certificate holder's Operations
Specifications.

18. AMENDMENT OF OPERATIONS SPECIFICATIONS.

Upon application by the certificate holder the DGCAA may amend any
Operations Specification whether or not that Operations Specification form
part of the certificate.

The applicant should file his application for an amendment of an

Operations Specifications with the SCAA at least 30 days before the date
that he proposes for the amendment to become effective unless a shorter
period has been allowed.

19. Receipt acknowledgement

After review and approval by the SCAA, the signed original and two copies
will be delivered to the applicant. The applicant must then acknowledge
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receipt of the Operations Specification page by signing and dating it at the

bottom of the form. He will retain the original and return the two copies to
the CAA Flight Safety Directorate.

20. CERTIFICATION

Provided the SCAA is satisfied with the report of the SCAA inspector and
has determined that there is no economic or legal bar to the proposed
operations, the SCAA should approve the issuance of an AOC and the
associated operations specifications

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APPENDIX 1

FIGURE 1: SAMPLE FORM 129

Syrian Civil Aviation OPERATIONS SPECIFICATIONS

Authority Company Name PART A
PAGE 1

1. Issued by SYRIAN Civil Aviation Authority.

Name Title Signature
2. Application made by : ***** Director Operations
Department

3. Reasons Introducing Royal SYRIANian Operations Specifications using CAA Form No.
for 129A (April 2003)
amendm ……………………………………………………………………………………………
ent: ………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………
………………….

4. Recommendation for ***** Chief Operations

approval by:

5. These Operations ***** Director Flight Safety

Specifications are
approved by direction of
the Director General
CAA.

6. I hereby accept and ***** Director Operations

receive these Operations Department
Specifications:

SCAA Approval Stamp

7. Amendment original
No.:

8. Supersedes
specifications dated:
9. Effective */*/ Certificate *****
Date : No.:
CAA Form No. 129A (JAN 2008)

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