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Air Law - Complete Summary
,Table of contents
International law 6
Convention of International Civil Aviation/ Chicago Convention (1944) 6
Organizations 7
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) 7
International Air Transport Association (IATA) 7
ECAC (1955) 8
Eurocontrol 8
EASA 8
EASA definitions 9
The Chicago Convention 10
The five freedoms 10
Cabotage 10
SARPS 11
PANS 11
Structure of ICAO 11
Regional offices of ICAO 12
The 96 articles of the Chicago Convention 12
General principles and application of the convention 12
Flights over territory of contracting states 12
Nationality of aircraft 13
Measures to facilitate air navigation 14
Conditions to be fulfilled with respect to aircraft 14
International standards and recommended practices 15
The organisation 16
The assembly 17
The council 17
Other conventions 18
Convention of Tokyo (1963) 18
Convention of The Hague (1970) 18
Convention of Montreal (1971) 19
Convention of Beijing (2010) 19
Convention of Warsaw (1929) 19
Convention of Rome (1933) 20
Precautionary arrest of aircraft 20
Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (1980) 20
Agreement of the Joint Financing of Certain Air Services 20
EU Directive 261 21
UN Convention on the High Seas 21
Annexes and rules of the air 21
Annex 1 21
Annex 2 24
Cruising levels 25
Dropping/ spraying 25
Towing 25
Parachute descents 25
Acrobatic flight 26
Formation flights 26
Prohibited and restricted areas 26
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, Avoidance of collisions 26
Surface movement of aircraft 27
Aircraft lighting 27
Simulated instrument flight 28
Water operations 28
Flight plans 29
General definitions 31
Flight rules, flight plans and air traffic services 35
Flight plans 35
VMC Visibility and distance from cloud minima 35
VFR – Visual flight rules 36
IFR – Instrument flight rules 37
Adherence to flight plan 37
Inadvertent changes 37
Intended changes 37
Weather deterioration below VMC 38
Position reports 38
Communications 38
Cruising levels 39
Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) 39
Fuel dumping 40
Signalling methods 40
Signals square 40
Distress signals 40
Urgency signals 40
Signals from the ground 41
Light signals from ATC 41
Visual ground signals 41
Closed runways or taxiways 42
Air traffic services reporting office 42
Interception procedures 42
Interception 42
Unlawful interference 43
Signals from the intercepting aircraft 43
Action by intercepted aircraft 43
Radio communication 44
Actions by ATS-unit 44
Annexes (continued) 44
Annex 7 44
Annex 8 45
Annex 9 45
Annex 11 47
Air Traffic Services 49
Air traffic control service (ATC-service) 50
Handling over arriving and departing aircraft 50
Separation of aircraft 51
ATC Clearance 51
Air traffic flow management (ATFM) 51
Flight Information Service 52
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, Alerting 53
Annex 11 – the alerting service 53
Three phrases of emergency 53
Annex 12 – Search and Rescue (SAR) 54
Procedures for the pilot-in-command at the scene of an accident 54
Procedures for a pilot-in-command intercepting a distress transmission 54
Search and rescue signals 55
Ground to air, visual signal codes 55
Survival equipment 55
Accidents, incidents, injuries and investigations 56
Accidents 56
Incidents 56
Serious injury 56
Responsibilities 56
Objectives of accident investigation 57
Occurrences 57
Annex 19 – safety management 57
State safety program (SSP) 57
Safety data collection 57
Annex 14 - aerodromes 58
Components of an aerodrome 58
Aerodrome reference codes 58
Markings 63
Beacons 68
Lights 68
Approach lighting systems 69
Visual flight path guidance 71
Helicopter operations 71
Taxiway lighting 72
Annexes (continued) 72
Aeronautical Information Package 72
AIP 73
NOTAMS 74
AIRAC – Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control system 74
AIC – Aeronautical Information Circulars 74
Pre-flight information 74
Annex 17 75
Organisation 75
Prohibited items 75
Security searches and checks 75
Passengers and cabin baggage 75
Hold baggage 75
Special categories of passengers 75
Unlawful interference 76
PANS-OPS (Doc 8168) 76
General 76
Departure procedures 78
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Air Law - Complete Summary
,Table of contents
International law 6
Convention of International Civil Aviation/ Chicago Convention (1944) 6
Organizations 7
International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) 7
International Air Transport Association (IATA) 7
ECAC (1955) 8
Eurocontrol 8
EASA 8
EASA definitions 9
The Chicago Convention 10
The five freedoms 10
Cabotage 10
SARPS 11
PANS 11
Structure of ICAO 11
Regional offices of ICAO 12
The 96 articles of the Chicago Convention 12
General principles and application of the convention 12
Flights over territory of contracting states 12
Nationality of aircraft 13
Measures to facilitate air navigation 14
Conditions to be fulfilled with respect to aircraft 14
International standards and recommended practices 15
The organisation 16
The assembly 17
The council 17
Other conventions 18
Convention of Tokyo (1963) 18
Convention of The Hague (1970) 18
Convention of Montreal (1971) 19
Convention of Beijing (2010) 19
Convention of Warsaw (1929) 19
Convention of Rome (1933) 20
Precautionary arrest of aircraft 20
Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (1980) 20
Agreement of the Joint Financing of Certain Air Services 20
EU Directive 261 21
UN Convention on the High Seas 21
Annexes and rules of the air 21
Annex 1 21
Annex 2 24
Cruising levels 25
Dropping/ spraying 25
Towing 25
Parachute descents 25
Acrobatic flight 26
Formation flights 26
Prohibited and restricted areas 26
2
, Avoidance of collisions 26
Surface movement of aircraft 27
Aircraft lighting 27
Simulated instrument flight 28
Water operations 28
Flight plans 29
General definitions 31
Flight rules, flight plans and air traffic services 35
Flight plans 35
VMC Visibility and distance from cloud minima 35
VFR – Visual flight rules 36
IFR – Instrument flight rules 37
Adherence to flight plan 37
Inadvertent changes 37
Intended changes 37
Weather deterioration below VMC 38
Position reports 38
Communications 38
Cruising levels 39
Reduced Vertical Separation Minima (RVSM) 39
Fuel dumping 40
Signalling methods 40
Signals square 40
Distress signals 40
Urgency signals 40
Signals from the ground 41
Light signals from ATC 41
Visual ground signals 41
Closed runways or taxiways 42
Air traffic services reporting office 42
Interception procedures 42
Interception 42
Unlawful interference 43
Signals from the intercepting aircraft 43
Action by intercepted aircraft 43
Radio communication 44
Actions by ATS-unit 44
Annexes (continued) 44
Annex 7 44
Annex 8 45
Annex 9 45
Annex 11 47
Air Traffic Services 49
Air traffic control service (ATC-service) 50
Handling over arriving and departing aircraft 50
Separation of aircraft 51
ATC Clearance 51
Air traffic flow management (ATFM) 51
Flight Information Service 52
3
, Alerting 53
Annex 11 – the alerting service 53
Three phrases of emergency 53
Annex 12 – Search and Rescue (SAR) 54
Procedures for the pilot-in-command at the scene of an accident 54
Procedures for a pilot-in-command intercepting a distress transmission 54
Search and rescue signals 55
Ground to air, visual signal codes 55
Survival equipment 55
Accidents, incidents, injuries and investigations 56
Accidents 56
Incidents 56
Serious injury 56
Responsibilities 56
Objectives of accident investigation 57
Occurrences 57
Annex 19 – safety management 57
State safety program (SSP) 57
Safety data collection 57
Annex 14 - aerodromes 58
Components of an aerodrome 58
Aerodrome reference codes 58
Markings 63
Beacons 68
Lights 68
Approach lighting systems 69
Visual flight path guidance 71
Helicopter operations 71
Taxiway lighting 72
Annexes (continued) 72
Aeronautical Information Package 72
AIP 73
NOTAMS 74
AIRAC – Aeronautical Information Regulation and Control system 74
AIC – Aeronautical Information Circulars 74
Pre-flight information 74
Annex 17 75
Organisation 75
Prohibited items 75
Security searches and checks 75
Passengers and cabin baggage 75
Hold baggage 75
Special categories of passengers 75
Unlawful interference 76
PANS-OPS (Doc 8168) 76
General 76
Departure procedures 78
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