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airfieldmanual:1._key_messages [2022/06/03 12:32] (current)
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| The purpose of this Airfield Operations Manual is to give you sufficient knowledge and understanding of our site facilities and operational practices & procedures to ensure that you can fly safely at our club and help you to do your part in running a safe, efficient airfield operation. | The purpose of this Airfield Operations Manual is to give you sufficient knowledge and understanding of our site facilities and operational practices & procedures to ensure that you can fly safely at our club and help you to do your part in running a safe, efficient airfield operation. |
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| This information is consistent with the [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/laws-rules/|BGA Laws and Rules]] in particular [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/managing-flying-risk-index/|Managing Flying Risk]] and is, in effect, the application of the BGA L&R and Safety Management System to our activities here at Portmoak. | This information is consistent with the [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/laws-rules/|BGA Laws and Rules]] in particular [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/managing-flying-risk-index/|Managing Flying Risk]] and is, in effect, the application of the BGA L&R and Safety Management System to our activities here at Portmoak. |
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| This online version of the manual is definitive, and should be read along with supporting reference material available there and on the [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/|BGA website.]] | The information in this manual will be updated as necessary; the current version here will be the definitive version. The manual should be read along with supporting reference material available from the [[https://gliding.co.uk|BGA]] website, in particular the BGA L&R and guidance mentioned above. |
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| The information in this manual will be updated as necessary; the version on the SGC website will be the up-to-date version. The manual also refers to the BGA L&R and guidance as mentioned above, and this BGA website information is also updated on a continual basis. | Please note that the BGA website information is updated on a continual basis. |
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| ===== - Requirements of Members and Visitors ===== | ===== - Requirements of Members and Visitors ===== |
| === - Regulations and Guidance === | === - Regulations and Guidance === |
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| * EASA Single European Rules of the Air ([[https://www.easa.europa.eu/regulation-groups/sera-standardised-european-rules-air|SERA]]) [(easa>The UK Government has announced that the UK will withdraw from EASA at the end of 2020. The subsequent impact of this on the various regulations, etc. is unknown at the time of writing, in Nov 2020)] | * EASA Single European Rules of the Air ([[https://www.easa.europa.eu/regulation-groups/sera-standardised-european-rules-air|SERA]]) [(easa>Following withdrawal from the EU the UK Government has retained EU/EASA regulations and is implementing amendments by UK law. The CAA has indicated it will mirror EASA regulations for at least the first two years after Brexit, i.e. until end of December 2022. The status of UK Aviation law including the retained EU regulations can be seen at [[https://info.caa.co.uk/uk-regulations/|UK Aviation Law]] )] |
| * EASA Sailplane Air Operations ([[https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/Sailplane%20Rule%20Book.pdf|Sailplane Rule Book]]) | * EASA Sailplane Air Operations ([[https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/dfu/Sailplane%20Rule%20Book.pdf|Sailplane Rule Book]]) |
| * UK CAA Air Navigation Orders ([[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/765/contents/made|ANO]]) [(ano>The ANO are applicable to non-EASA gliders, i.e. those remaining under UK national regulation.)] | * UK CAA Air Navigation Orders ([[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/765/contents/made|ANO]]) [(ano>The ANO are applicable to non-EASA gliders, i.e. those remaining under UK national regulation.)] |
| * UK CAA Rules of the Air ([[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/840/pdfs/uksi_20150840_en.pdf|RotA]]) [(RotA>The CAA RotA have several exemptions from SERA plus other national regulations.)] | * UK CAA Rules of the Air ([[https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/840/pdfs/uksi_20150840_en.pdf|RotA]]) [(RotA>The CAA RotA have several exemptions from SERA plus other national regulations.)] |
| * CAA [[https://publicapps.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP1535_Skyway_Code_V2_INTER.pdf|Skyway Code]] | * CAA [[https://www.caa.co.uk/General-aviation/Safety-information/The-Skyway-Code/|Skyway Code]] |
| * BGA Laws and Rules in particular the [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/library/bga-requirements-guidance/operational-regulations-of-the-bga/|Operational Regulations]] and [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/managing-flying-risk-index/|Managing Flying Risk]] | * BGA Laws and Rules in particular the [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/library/bga-requirements-guidance/operational-regulations-of-the-bga/|Operational Regulations]] and [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/managing-flying-risk-index/|Managing Flying Risk]] |
| * The Flight Manual for the glider(s) they fly | * The Flight Manual for the glider(s) they fly |
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| ~~REFNOTES~~ | ~~REFNOTES~~ |
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| === - Licencing/Qualifications/Logbook === | === - Licencing/Qualifications/Logbook === |
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| * From 8th October 2021 all qualified glider pilots will be required to hold an EASA Sailplane Pilots Licence (SPL) [(spl>The BGA will facilitate the issue of/conversion to the SPL – refer [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/pilot-licence-conversion/|BGA licence conversion]])]. Pilots under training or direct supervision do not need a SPL or LAPL(S). | * From 8th December 2023 all glider pilots will be required to hold a UK CAA Sailplane Pilots Licence (SPL) [(spl>The BGA will facilitate the issue of/conversion to the SPL – refer [[https://members.gliding.co.uk/pilot-licence-conversion/|BGA licence conversion]])]. Pilots under training or direct supervision do not need a SPL. |
| * Up-to-date flying logbook | * Up-to-date flying logbook |
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| * Relevant parts of this Portmoak Airfield Operations Manual for ground operations | * Relevant parts of this Portmoak Airfield Operations Manual for ground operations |
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| Start | [[:airfield_manual#contents|Contents]] | [[2. Safety on the Airfield and in the Air]] | Start | [[airfieldmanual:start#contents|Contents]] | [[2. Safety on the Airfield and in the Air]] |
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