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Regulation OTAR Part 91 - General Operating Instructions

Reference Description
OTAR.SPA.001.RVSM Operations in airspace with reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM)
(a) An aircraft shall only be operated in designated airspace where a reduced vertical separation
minimum of 300 m (1 000 ft) applies above flight level (FL) 290, if:
(1) the aircraft has been issued with an RVSM airworthiness approval in accordance with
OTAR Part 21; and
(2) the operator has been approved by the Governor.
(b) To obtain an approval under (a)(2), the operator shall:
(1) establish and maintain a training programme for the flight crew involved in these
operations; and
(2) establish operating procedures specifying:
(i) the equipment to be carried, including its operating limitations and
appropriate entries in the Minimum Equipment List (MEL);
(ii) flight crew composition and experience requirements;
(iii) flight planning;
(iv) pre-flight procedures;
(v) procedures prior to RVSM airspace entry;
(vi) in-flight procedures;
(vii) post flight procedures;
(viii) maintenance programme;
(ix) incident reporting; and
(x) specific regional operating procedures.
(c) The operator shall ensure that:
(1) a minimum of two aeroplanes of each aircraft type grouping of the operator shall have
their height-keeping performance monitored, at least once every two years or within
intervals of 1,000 flight hours per aeroplane, whichever period islonger. If an operator
aircraft type grouping consists of a single aeroplane, monitoring of that aeroplane shall
be accomplished within the specified period; and
(2) records relating to the requirements of (1) above shall be retained by the operator in
accordance with 91.1265.
Note: Monitoring data from any regional monitoring programme established in
accordance with ICAO Annex 11, Chapter 3, may be used tosatisfy the requirement.

OTAR.SPA.001.SPN Operations in areas with specified performance based navigation
(a) An aircraft shall only be operated in designated airspace, on routes or in accordance with
procedures where navigation specifications are established, if the operator has been approved
by the Governor.
(b) An aircraft shall only be operated in designated airspace, based on ICAO Regional Air Navigation
Agreement, where minimum navigation performance specifications are established, if the
operator has been approved by the Governor.
(c) To obtain such approval, the operator shall:
(1) demonstrate that the navigation equipment meets the required performance in terms of
navigation functionality, accuracy, integrity, availability and continuity;
(2) establish and maintain a training programme for Subpart A – General the flight crew
involved in these operations; and
(3) establish operating procedures specifying:
(i) the equipment to be carried, including its operating limitations and
appropriate entries in the Minimum Equipment List (MEL);
(ii) flight crew composition and experience requirements;
(iii) normal procedures;
(iv) contingency procedures;
(v) incident reporting;
(vi) specific regional operating procedures, in case of North Atlantic High Level
Airspace (NAT HLA);
and
(vii) navigation database integrity, in case of PBN.

OTAR.SPA.005.GEN Scope
This Subpart establishes the requirements to be met by an operator to qualify for the issue or continuation
of specific operational approvals.
OTAR.SPA.005.LVO Low visibility operations — General operating rules
(a) The operator shall not conduct, other than Standard Category II, Category II or Category III
approaches unless:
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