Oceanic and International Operations Course Overview

Objectives At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: Describe the purpose of the course Understand the Course Agenda Understand the Course Reference Material

Overview In this lesson we will discuss the following topics: Participant Introductions Overview of Course Overview of Participant Guide

Participant Introductions Name Office Location/Specialty Oceanic and International Operations Experience Operators you are working with who are conducting/requesting international operations authorizations

Course Purpose The course will provide you with information to: Determine when to contact a Specialist – FAA Order 8900.1 Handbook and other FAA documents currently have numerous references to contacting a Navigation Specialist. The term is evolving to SAO Specialist in line with NextGen initiatives Help you gain familiarity with CNS requirements and technologies for different SAOs

Course Purpose The course was developed due to: No structured Oceanic and International training for ASIs responsible for issuing SAO authorizations National Reviews of OpSpecs/MSpecs/Letters of Authorizations (LOAs) revealed some authorizations issued contrary to FAA guidance The need to reinforce 8900.1 references requiring a SAO Specialist to be contacted

Q&A What does C/N/S stand for?

Q&A What does SAO stand for?

Q&A What are some examples of SAOs?

Course Agenda Lesson 1: Course Overview Lesson 2: ICAO Guidance Materials Lesson 3: FAA Regulations, Orders and Guidance Materials Lesson 4: Basics of Navigation Lesson 5: ICAO Planning and Implementation Regional Groups Lesson 6: Oceanic and International Operations Resources

Course Agenda Lesson 7: Special Areas of Operation (SAO) Lesson 8: Operational Control Lesson 9: ICAO Flight Planning Lesson 10: Equal Time Points (ETP) Lesson 11: Flight Planning Contingency Procedures Lesson 12: Weather Information

Course Agenda Lesson 13: International Fuel Requirements Lesson 14: Extended Operations (ETOPS) Lesson 15: Performance-Based Requirements Lesson 16: Data Link Lesson 17: Oceanic Checklist and SLOP Lesson 18: Plotting Charts

Course Agenda Lesson 19: En Route Contingency Procedures Lesson 20: OpSpecs/MSpecs/Letters of Authorization (LOAs) Lesson 21: Oceanic Errors Lesson 22: Proving-Validation Flights-Certification Process Lesson 23: Current and Future Initiatives for Oceanic Operations Lesson 24: Course Summary

Participant Guide Introduction to the lesson purpose, objectives, and topics Copies of the presentation slides, with space for taking notes Copies of exercises with directions to support individual topics and/or Handouts Introduction to the CD that contains Reference Materials

Review In this lesson we discussed the following topics: Participant Introductions Overview of Course Overview of Participant Guide

Objectives You should now be able to: Describe the purpose of the course Understand the Course Agenda Understand the Course Reference Material

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