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Commander Woensdrecht Air Base

Implementation of NLD MARs

One airbase, multiple approvals…

Experiences beyond airworthiness…

http://www.freakingnews.com/Mona-Lisa-Pilot-Pics-53771.asp

Royal Netherlands Air Force 2

Military Airworthiness Conference 2011 – Warsaw, Poland

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Agenda

• Why MARs

• Woensdrecht Air Base

• MAR impact

• Airworthiness

• Roll out

• Experiences

• Final words



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Why MARs?

• Duty of care

• Coherent Military Aviation Safety Framework: total aviation system approach

• Regard for ICAO philosophy

• Due regard for the objectives of Regulation (EC) 216/2008 (former Commission Regulation (EC) 1592/2002)

• Experience…



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Woensdrecht Air Base

Woensdrecht Air Base (ICAO: EHWO)

Operator Royal Netherlands Air Force

Elevation AMSL 63 ft / 19 m

Coordinates 51°26‟56”N 004°20‟30”E

Air movements 19.000

Runway

Direction Length Surface

07/25 8005 ft / 2440 m

Concrete / Asphalt



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Woensdrecht Air Base

Military MRO and

Distributor & Supply

Organisation (PPP)

Military Aerodrome

Military Flight Training

Organisation

Military Maintenance

Training Organisation

Military Maintenance Organisation

Civil Maintenance Organisation

(PPP)

Military Joint Meteorological Group



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Military Aviation Authority - NLD

MAR-OPS Operator

MAR-FCL's

Trainer flight crew

MAR-145 Maintainer

MAR-147 Trainer technicians

MAR-21

Military Type Certificate Holder

Subpart M

Airworthiness

Criteria &

Requirements

MAR-66 MAR-STD

Holder

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MTHOE

MTHOA

MME

MOE MTOE

MAOC

MOA MTOA

FTOE

FTOA

TRTOE

TRTOA

OM

Type Design

aircraft

maintenance

licence

Certificate of

Airworthiness

Release to

Service crew

licences

Statement of

Conformity

Type

Investigation

Military Type

Certificate

Certificate of

Registration

Registration

DRs DRs

O&ARs

DRs

DRs

SBs

ADs

ODs

ADs

SBs

ODs

ADs & ODs

MAR-impact

Military Maintenance

Training Organisation

Military Maintenance Organisation

Military Flight Training Organisation



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MAR-MAD

Military Aerodrome Operator

MADE

MADA

MAR-ANS

Provider Military

Air Navigation Services

MANSE

MANSA

O&ARs

O&ARs

Military Aerodrome

MAR-impact



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MAR-FCL

MAR-145

MAR-147

MAR-MAD

MAR-OPS & OPS M

MAR-ANS



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Airworthiness

Airworthiness can be defined as the ability to operate a system without significant hazard to crew (air and ground), passengers (where relevant) or to the general public…

Precepts: • An effective Quality Management

System including a Safety Management Program

• Recognized standards • Competent people and

organisations • Independence



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Airworthiness assured

RNLAF PC-7 has MTC per MAR-21: • Certified configuration (design) • Aircraft Operating Limitations • Airworthiness Limitations summarized in: • Type Design • Flight Manual • Maintenance Requirement

Document (ICA)

MTC: military type certificate ICA: instructions for continued airworthiness



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Standards

People

Independence

QMS including Safety

Management Program

Airworthiness precepts



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Leadership: Strong managerial commitment to implement, emphasize on relevance & adequacy;

Independence: Quality management system with independent „controls‟ and strong coherence with Safety management program.

Roll out

MAR-145 MAR-OPS M MAR-OPS

MAR-147 MAR-FCL MAR-MAD/ANS



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People: Clear distribution of roles and responsibilities

Simplicity: KISS – declare what and how we do (not “what we intend”, “should do” or “shall do”)

Just Culture: No blame – fair – (military) risk minded

Roll out

MAR-145 MAR-OPS M MAR-OPS

MAR-147 MAR-FCL MAR-MAD/ANS



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Early experiences

• MARs are accepted because they are about military aviation;

• The „what‟ is in the MARs, the „how‟ is up to you;

• MARs do require some radical changes in the military e.g. because there is an authority monitoring, approving and enforcing;

• Both operator and authority must have adequate, competent resources;

Best practices are readily available for MARs based on EASA parts



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Lean experiences

• Lean Expositions are adequate – integrality is a must;

• Redundant orders must be withdrawn;

• The Concern Director‟s staff role is critical in Air Force policy harmonization and MAR interpretation amongst entities.

• As Accountable Manager one has various degrees of freedom to comply to MARs.

Duplications in expositions can and should be avoided (one entity, multiple approvals)



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Assurance experiences

• MAR-MAD introduced the safety management program requirement – a logical development – but to be well understood;

• This requirement has been adopted by ICAO for civil aviation – a very useful best practice;

• Safety management introduces explicit focus on risk mitigation (pro-active);

• Quality management should primarily focus on compliance monitoring;

Safety Management reflects the latest developments but has to be well understood



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Safety Management

Quality Management System

FCL/OPS M 145 147 MAD/ANS

Safety Management Program

Compliance Monitoring

Risk Mitigation



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By-catch experiences

• MARs are ideal for an entity focussed on training: setting the standard for pilots, maintainers and aerodrome operations;

• MARs – especially when based on civil examples – facilitate communication with military and civil peers and industrial partners (e.g. PPP or outsourcing);

• We need a common approach on civil/military aviation authority recognition

• MARs provide a safeguard in “rough times”

• MARs provide a very, very clear distribution of roles and responsibilities

MARs are easy “communicators”



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Final words

At Woensdrecht Air Base:

• MAR-compliance works, is well accepted, guides our business and has positively influenced our quality and safety culture.

• we are convinced that a MAR-framework with a Total Aviation System approach - based on EASA parts - seamlessly connects the military into the civil aviation.

• MARs implementation requires an integral approach, MAR-development as well, beyond technical airworthiness

Mission First, Safety Always



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Q & A

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LtCol J.C.W. Mac Gillavry - MSAE

Commander Woensdrecht Air Base

Discussion

LtCol RNLAF, James C.W. Mac Gillavry, MSAE

[email protected] +31 164 692200



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Holistic TAS vision

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1. Total Aviation System approach

‘Military Aviation Authority’

ATM Operations Aeronautics &

Certification

3. Three organisational pillars

2. Three main aviation functions

Regulation & Oversight Military Aviation Authority

Acquisition Materiel / Procurement

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Regulation & Oversight Military Aviation Authority

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Woensdrecht Air Base FCL 145 ANS OPS 147 MAD OPS M 66

A typical Air Base focuses within all organisational pillars on its ‘Operations’ function

MAWA M 21 145 147

MAWA (EDA) focuses within the aeronautics & certification pillar on the ‘Regulation and Oversight’ function, glancing at the „Acquisition‟ function

EMAAG

The European Military Aviation Authorities Group (EMAAG) aim is/was to focus on all organisational pillars of the „Regulations & Oversight‟ function (www.emaag.eu)

Documents

Implementation of NLD MARs · •MARs – especially when based on civil examples – facilitate communication with military and civil peers and industrial partners (e.g. PPP or outsourcing);