| CODE | AET3002 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Aviation Legislation 1 | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Institute of Aerospace Technologies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit covers the theoretical knowledge related to Air Law, as required for Commercial Pilot and Air Transport Pilot Licenses (approved by EASA or similar): The ICAO Convention and other agreements: The International Civil Aviation Organisation; Air Navigation; IASTA (ICAO Doc 7500), the International Air Transport Agreement; the Tokyo, Den Haag and Montreal agreements; Bilateral agreements; international private law; The Rome convention. Industry organisations: IATA, EASA, Eurocontrol, ECAC. Operating considerations: ICAO Annex 8 – Airworthiness of Aircraft; the certificate of airworthiness; ICAO Annex 7 - Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks. Pilot Licencing: ICAO Annex 1 - Personnel Licencing; EASA Part-FCL. ICAO Annex 2 - Rules of the air: General rules; VFR, IFR; interception of civil aircraft. ICAO Doc 8168 - PANS-OPS: General criteria; departure and approach procedures; use of FMS/RNAV equipment on NPA paths; holding procedures; altimeter setting procedures; procedures for operators and pilots; simultaneous operation on parallel or near-parallel instrument runways; SSR operating procedures; operation of ACAS equipment. ICAO Annex 11 – Air Traffic Services: Definitions; the general concept; the airspace; the air traffic control, flight information and alerting services; RNP and ATS route designators. ICAO Annex 15 - Aeronautical Information Service: Introduction; definitions; the AIP; NOTAMS; the AIRAC; AICs; pre- and post- flight information and data. Study-unit Aims: - The study-unit aims to cover the fundamental topics of aviation law for commercial and air transport pilots. It addresses conventions and organisations, licencing, rules of the air operational procedures and air traffic services. - It aims to introduce various organisations and establishments that form the international civil aviation environment and explains various international regulations from organisations such as ICAO (DOCs and Annexes). Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe the international organisational and legislative frameworks related to flying; - Explain the fundamentals of Annex 8; - Outline major pilot licencing obligations; - Explain operating procedures under ICAO DOC 8168 PANS-OPS - including SSR, altimeter setting, holding instrument runway, departure and approach procedures; - Describe the various air traffic services defined by ICAO Annex 2; - Describe the various aeronautical information services under ICAO Annex 15. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Abide by the regulations of Annex 8; - Abide by pilot licensing regulations; - Abide by ICAO DOC 8168 PANS-OPS when operating aircraft; - Make use of air traffic services as defined by ICAO Annex 2 during flight; - Make use of aeronautical information services as described by Annex 15. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main texts: - EASA ATPL Training - Air Law, Jeppesen, ISBN: 978-0-88487-597-0. - CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Volume 1 – Air Law, CAE Oxford Aviation Academy. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Online Learning | |||||||||
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