GEN 1.7 - DIFFERENCES FROM ICAO STANDARDS, RECOMMENDED PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES

1.
General
 

The Standards and Recommended Practices contained in the Annex to the Convention on International Civil Aviation are followed in India, subject to differences that may be filed from time to time. The existing differences to Standards are reproduced in this section.

Annex Provision

Details of Differences

Annex I- Personnel Licensing [11th Edition - July 2011, Amendment 172]

1.2.4.3

The period of validity of the Initial medical fitness assessment commences from the date of the medical examination. In case of renewal, the period of validity of medical fitness assessment commences from the date following the date of expiry of the previous medical fitness assessment, subject to the condition that the medical examination for renewal has been conducted within a period of not more than one month preceding the date of expiry of the previous validity. The period of currency begins on the date of medical examination.

1.2.4.10.2

Medical Cell is part of Licensing Directorate.

1.2.5.2

Medical is also required for Flight Radio Telephone Operator's License (restricted) There are no provisions for multi-crew pilot license- aeroplane, airship and power-lift medical assessment for Air Traffic Controllers valid for 24 months.

1.2.5.2.6

Standard 1.2.5.2.3 (a) and (c) is not permitted. (b) is permitted only when the pilot licence holder is engaged in duty in the territory of foreign country.

 

1.2.8.2

Appendix - 2

a) SMS 4.1 & 4.2 b) Synthetic Training Devices 6.3

2.1.3.1

“Open Rating” which is equivalent to aircraft rating for all type of aeroplane falling in a class (defined in the relevant section of schedule-II of the Aircraft Rules 1937) is granted on compliance of requirements laid down in appropriate Sections of Schedule II of the Aircraft Rules, 1937.

2.1.3.2

Aircraft rating is provided for each aircraft separately on license. Further each aircraft rating is granted either as co-pilot or Pilot-in-command on license. “Open Rating” which is equivalent to aircraft rating for all type of aeroplane falling in a class (defined in the relevant section of schedule-II of the Aircraft Rules 1937) is granted on compliance of requirements laid down in appropriate Sections of Schedule II of the Aircraft Rules, 1937.

2.1.4.1

“Open Rating” which is equivalent to aircraft rating for all type of aeroplane falling in a class (defined in the relevant section of schedule-II of the Aircraft Rules 1937) is granted on compliance of requirements laid down in appropriate Sections of Schedule II of the Aircraft Rules, 1937.

 

2.1.4.1.1

Type rating is not issued limiting the privileges only to act as co-pilot or pilot during cruise phase.

 

2.1.5.1

“Open Rating” which is equivalent to aircraft rating for all type of aeroplane falling in a class (defined in the relevant section of schedule-II of the Aircraft Rules 1937) is

granted on compliance of requirements laid down in appropriate Sections of Schedule II of the Aircraft Rules, 1937.

2.1.5.2

“Open Rating” which is equivalent to aircraft rating for all type of aeroplane falling in a class (defined in the relevant section of schedule-II of the Aircraft Rules 1937) is granted on compliance of requirements laid down in appropriate Sections of Schedule II of the Aircraft Rules, 1937.

2.1.9.3

Not more than fifty percent of the co-pilot flight time shall be credited towards the total flight.

2.1.9.4

Full credit for co-pilot flight time under supervision shall be given towards total flight time required for issue of the licence.

2.1.10.1

No person holding a pilot’s licence and having attained the age of sixty years, shall act as Pilot-in-Command or Co-pilot of an aircraft engaged in commercial air transport operations unless it is operated in a multi-crew environment and the other pilot is less than sixty years of age. The above does not apply in respect of aircraft certified for single pilot operations and not exceeding an all up weight of 5700 kilograms engaged in commercial air transport operations within the territory of India and while operating in a multi-crew environment.

2.3.3.2

There are no requirements for

a) Recognise and manage threat and errors.

2.3.4.1.1

No credit of experience is allowed for instruction on synthetic trainer.

2.3.4.1.2

Higher - 15 hours of solo flight time.

2.4.3.1.1.1

10 take-offs and 10 landings as PIC required for exercising the privileges at night.

2.4.3.1.2

Flight time requirements in other Categories is not counted.

2.4.3.2.1

No requirement for

a) Recognize and manage threats and errors.

2.4.4.1.1

No credit of experience is allowed for instruction on synthetic flight trainer.

2.4.4.1.1.1

50 Hrs Pilot-in-command

10 take off and 10 landing patterns as pilot-in-command.

2.6.1.3.1.2

Recognize and manage threats and errors not covered.

2.6.3.1.1

Credit for experience on synthetic flight trainer is not given.

2.6.3.1.1.1

Hours as PIC, cross country and instrument time are higher.

2.6.3.1.2.

Flight time in other Categories is not counted.

2.6.4.1.1

No credit of experience is allowed for instruction on synthetic trainer.

2.6.4.1.2.

No such relaxation for other category flight time is given.

2.7.3.2

Hours for PIC are higher.

2.9.1.3.1

10 Hours of flight time of which 5 hours solo, 75 take-offs and landings of which not less than 25 solo take-offs and landings within six months.

2.9.1.3.1.1

No reduction in the flight time permitted.

3.2.1.1

Applicant shall not be less than 21 years.

3.3.1.1

As per CAR Sec. 2 Series L Part XV para 3.1(a) and Sec. W of Aircraft Rules, 1937, the age of SFE is minimum 21 years and the same is the criteria for issue of Flight Engineer licence.

3.3.1.3.1.1

No reduction in the flight time requirement permitted.

4.2.1.3

As per ICAO the experience for issue of licence is at least 4 years whereas as per Rule 61 for issue of Category B2 and sub-category B1.1 and B1.3 five years of practical Aircraft maintenance experience required.

 

 

Annex 2 - Rules of the air [10th Edition - July 2005, Amendment 44]

3.1.5

Towing of Aircraft is not permitted.

3.1.6

Parachute descent not allowed in normal conditions.

3.1.8

Formations flights not permitted.

3.3.1.3

Submission of flight plan during flight not permitted.

3.9

For Airspace F and G in Altitude band ‘At and below 900 m (3 000 ft.) AMSL, or 300 m (1 000 ft.) above terrain, whichever is the higher’, flight visibilities reduced to not less than 3 000 m may be permitted and HELICOPTERS may be permitted to operate upto 1 000 m flight visibility.

4.3

VFR flights shall be operated between 20 minutes before sunrise and 20 minutes after sunset.

4.4

Unless authorized by the appropriate ATS authority, VFR flights shall not be operated:

a) above FL150. b) at transonic and supersonic speeds.

Annex 3 - Meteorological Services for International Air Navigation [18th Edition - July 2013 Amendment 76]

3.4.2

AIRMET is not provided

4.6.5.1

Vertical visibility is not reported

6.5.1

Area forecasts for aerodrome & 100nm issued for low level flights, but not as a GAMET forecast.

9.1.3

Information on upper air humidity not given. GAMET Area forecast and AIRMET not issued

9.2.2

Information on humidity not given

9.4.1

Information on upper air humidity not given

Annex 4 - Aeronautical Charts [11th Edition - July 2009, Amendment 58]

 

NIL

Annex 5 -Units of Measurement to be used in Air and Ground Operations [5th Edition - July 2010, Amendment 17]

 

NIL

Annex 6 Part-I - Operation of Aircraft [9th Edition - July 2010, Amendment 38]

4.2.10.3

Fuel and oil records are retained for six months.

4.3.2

Records kept for a period of six months

6.15.1

All turbine engined aeroplanes require GPWS

Annex 6 Part-II - Operation of Aircraft [7th Edition - July 2008, Amendment 33]

1.1.7

Report shall be submitted within 48 hours.

2.2.8.3

Type A instrument approach operations not defined.

2.2.9.2

Fuel and oil records are retained for six months.

2.3.2

Completed flight preparation form kept for six months.

2.4.1.3

Height given is 500 ft (150m)

Annex 7 - Aircraft Nationality and Registration Marks [6th Edition - July 2012, Amendment 6]

2.1

Classification of aircraft as free Balloon, Captive Balloon, Spherical Free Balloon, Non-spherical Free Balloon, Spherical Captive Balloon, Non-Spherical Captive Balloon, Rigid Airship, Semi-rigid Airship, Non-rigid Airship, Kite, Land Glider, Sea Glider, Rotorcraft, Ornithopter, Gyroplane, Land Gyroplane, Sea Gyroplane, Amphibian Gyroplane, Land Ornithopter, Sea Ornithopter, Amphibian Ornithopter, Land Helicopter, Sea Helicopter, Amphibian Helicopter are not been adopted.

Annex 8 - Airworthiness of Aircraft [11th Edition - July 2010, Amendment 104]

Part IIIB

1.2.1

 

India requires operating limitations to be established for safe operation, but does not require a specific assessment that these limitations provide a safety margin that ensures the likelihood of an accident arising there from is extremely remote.

Part IVA

1.2.1

 

India requires operating limitations to be established for safe operation, but does not require a specific assessment that these limitations provide a safety margin that ensures the likelihood of an accident arising there from is extremely remote.

Part IVB

1.2.1

 

India requires operating limitations to be established for safe operation, but does not require a specific assessment that these limitations provide a safety margin that ensures the likelihood of an accident arising there from is extremely remote.

1.2.5

Although India agrees in principle with the use of halon but the regulation is yet to include the option of use of halon for aircraft fire suppression system.

1.3.1

India requires operating limitations to be established for safe operation, but does not require a specific assessment that these limitations provide a safety margin that ensures the likelihood of an accident arising there from is extremely remote.

1.4.1

India may issue a Type Certificate when an applicant furnishes documents or other evidence relating to the suitability of the aircraft, aircraft component or item of equipment for aviation purposes.

2.2.2.1

India has only two performance classifications (Category A & category B). India does not have a performance classification equivalent to ICAO performance Class II.

2.2.2.2

India has only two performance classifications (Category A & category B). India does not have a performance classification equivalent to ICAO performance Class II.

2.2.3

For landplanes, India only requires the landing distance to be determined on a level runway. For seaplanes, India only requires the landing distance on water to be determined on smooth water. Operational take-off and landing distance margins are applied where appropriate by Indian operating regulations and guidance

2.2.3

For landplanes, India only requires the landing distance to be determined on a level runway. For seaplanes, India only requires the landing distance on water to be determined on smooth water. Operational take-off and landing distance margins are applied where appropriate by India operating regulations and guidance

2.2.3.1.

For Cat.B helicopter, only take-off distance is required to be included in the performance data while TO distance, path and rejected TO distance information is required for Cat A helicopters

2.2.3.1.1

India has not adopted the requirements to present take-off distance for non-category A helicopters.

2.2.3.1.2

India has not adopted the requirements to present take-off distance for non-category A helicopters.

2.2.3.1.3

India has not adopted the requirements to present take-off distance for non-category A helicopters.

2.2.3.1.4

India has not adopted the requirements to present take-off distance for non-category A helicopters.

2.2.7

For landplanes, India only requires the landing distance to be determined on a level runway. For seaplanes, India only requires the landing distance on water to be determined on smooth water. Operational take-off and landing distance margins are applied where appropriate by Indian operating regulations and guidance.

Part IIIB

4.3

FAR 25.629 does not have specific requirements addressing allowable limits for aerodynamic control surfaces and how those limits are to be monitored.

Part V

4.3

The term aero elasticity as such is not available in FAR 23, however related items like flutter, divergence are covered in FAR 23.62

Annex 10 Vol.-I - Aeronautical Telecommunications [6th Edition - July 2006, Amendment 89]

2.2.1

NDB are not subjected to periodic flight tests. Ground tests are carried out.

3.1.5.3.2

Because of the siting problems and terrain limitations, some glide paths may not meet the standard coverage area. The information regarding such glide paths shall be published in AIP for each specific.

3.3.7.1

Certain VOR used solely for en-route navigation do not provide status indication at a control point. Description for such facilities is published in AIP.

3.5.4.7.2.1

Certain DME used solely for en-route navigation do not provide status indication at a control point. Description for such facilities is published in AIP.

Annex 10 Vol.-II - Aeronautical Telecommunications [6th Edition - July 2001, Amendment 89]

 

NIL

Annex 10 Vol.-III - Aeronautical Telecommunications [2th Edition - July 2007, Amendment 89]

 

NIL

Annex 10 Vol.-IV- Aeronautical Telecommunications [4th Edition - July 2007, Amendment 89]

 

NIL

Annex 10 Vol.-V- Aeronautical Telecommunications [3th Edition - July 2013, Amendment 89]

 

NIL

Annex 11 - Air Traffic Services [13th Edition - July 2001, Amendment 49]

2.19.3

CRC will be applied as and when electronic aeronautical data processing is commenced.

3.8.2

Minimum separation between vehicles and taxiing aircraft has not been prescribed. However, movement of vehicle and aircraft are segregated during low visibility operations by adopting standard laid

Annex 12 - Search and Rescue [8th Edition - July 2004, Amendment 18]

4.2.4

Standard has been adopted as recommendation

Annex 13 - Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation [10th Edition - July 2010, Amendment 14]

 

NIL

Annex 14 Vol.-I -Aerodromes [6th Edition - July 2013, Amendment 11]

2.1.6

CRC will be applied as and when electronic aeronautical data processing is commenced.

2.1.10

The WSG-84 geoid undulation is not published.

2.3.1

The WSG-84 geoid undulation is not published.

 

2.3.2

The WSG-84 geoid undulation is not published.

 

2.3.3

The WSG-84 geoid undulation is not published.

2.5.3

Geographical coordinates for taxiway centreline points not provided.

Annex 14 Vol.-II -Aerodromes [4th Edition - July 2013, Amendment 6]

2.1.2

CRC will be applied as and when electronic aeronautical data processing is commenced.

2.1.3

CRC will be applied as and when electronic aeronautical data processing is commenced.

2.1.5

The WGS-84 geoid undulation is not published.

2.1.7

The WGS-84 geoid undulation is not published.

3.2.16

When the TLOF is collocated with a helicopter stand, the TLOF shall be of sufficient size to contain a circle of diameter 1D of the largest helicopter the area is intended to serve.

Annex 15 - Aeronautical Information Services [14th Edition - July 2013, Amendment 38]

1.2.2.4

The WGS-84 geoid undulation is not yet published.

1.2.2.5

The WGS-84 geoid undulation is not yet published.

Annex 16 Vol.-I - Environmental Protection [6th Edition - July 2011, Amendment 11]

 

NIL

Annex 16 Vol.-II - Environmental Protection [3rd Edition - July 2008, Amendment 8]

 

NIL

Annex 18 - The Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air [4th Edition - July 2011, Amendment 12]

 

Nil

Annex 19 - Safety Management [1st Edition - July 2013)

 

NIL