A lot of people have the habit of flying. Isn't the time when they are bored on the plane more difficult? It won't be in the future. It's said that they can play mobile phones on the plane in the future. Are you very excited to hear that? But it seems that it can be implemented as soon as next year.
On September 18, at the September press conference of CAAC, Zhu Tao, deputy director general of the flight standard Department of CAAC, disclosed that the fifth revision and release of the rules for the certification of large aircraft public air transport carrier operation (CCAR-121, hereinafter referred to as the "rules") will be implemented from October 2017.
It is reported that the air carrier who has the current valid operation certificate before the implementation of the fifth revision of the rules shall fully meet the requirements of this revision before December 31, 2019.
It is understood that the fifth revision of the "rules" has made a large rewriting of the unit fatigue risk management, unit qualification management and training management. Crew fatigue is one of the important causes of unsafe events, which is comprehensively detailed in the rules, highlighting the concept that flight fatigue is directly related to human physiological rhythm and crew duty time, and reducing the upper limit of the total annual flight time of flight crew and cabin crew.
In addition to extending the upper limit of age for pilots participating in the operation according to the annex to the International Civil Aviation Convention, the rules also adjusted the relevant requirements for entering captain training and the relevant policies for the management of flight instructors, and cancelled the relevant requirements for pilots and correspondents;
For cabin crew, the rules adjust the training program and qualification requirements of cabin crew, increase the time of initial training and retraining, and increase the requirements of crew's recent experience.
In addition, the fifth revision of the rules revised the fuel management policy, put forward specific requirements for in-flight fuel inspection and fuel monitoring, made clear the time to announce 'minimum fuel quantity' and 'emergency fuel quantity', colleagues revised the fuel requirements for regular passenger operation, unified the fuel requirements for domestic and international operation, and implemented fuel policy optimization for air carriers Provided regulatory support.
The rules further clarify the requirements of airlines on the Continuous Airworthiness and safety management of aircraft, forming a closed-loop management, so as to further improve the operation safety of aircraft in the middle and later stages of the design service life, and strengthen the safety supervision of 'aging aircraft'.
It is worth noting that according to the development trend of portable electronic equipment (PED) on board and the international research results, this revision relaxed the management regulations for the portable electronic equipment on board, allowed airlines to assess the impact of the portable electronic equipment as the main body, and formulated the corresponding management and use policies.
Zhu Tao said that airlines can decide what kind of portable electronic equipment to use on the aircraft according to the evaluation results. The government originally prohibited it. Now the government has entrusted the power to airlines to evaluate. Secondly, the aviation standards Department of CAAC has developed the corresponding methods of audit and evaluation to accept the application of airlines. "I believe that in the near future, you will see that Chinese airlines will allow the use of corresponding portable electronic devices on the aircraft. 'said Zhu Tao.