Introduction of Airbus A350 to

Hong Kongfrom Flight Operations & Personnel

Licensing Perspective

18th Meeting of the Steering Committee of COSCAP-NA

16th – 17th May 2018

Hangzhou, China

Allen KWONG

Civil Aviation Department, Hong Kong, China

Agenda

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Timeline

--- Flight Operations Considerations ---

Pilot Training Overview

A350 Training Course

A330 / A350 Handling Recency

Recurrent Training (RT), Proficiency Check (PC) & Takeoff and Landing Recency

--- Personnel Licensing Considerations ---

Licence Process

Rating Page

Aircraft Rating / Instrument Rating – Certificate of Test

Letter of Authority

Proposals submitted by AOC Operators

Amendment of Licence’s Rating upon Completion of Flight Crew Training

Issuance of Certificate of Airworthiness and various Operational Approvals

First Delivery Flight from Toulouse to Hong Kong

It takes around 1.5 years, starting from

initial meetings with AOC operators to

introduction of Airbus A350 to Hong Kong.

Timeline

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Jan 2015

Nov 2015

May 2016

May 2016

Pilot Training Overview

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Type Rating A330/350 (Single Fleet)

A330/A350

Common Type Rating (CTR)

Conversion

A330/340 Mixed Fleet Flying (MFF)

Type Rating

A330/340

Type Rating A330

A350 Training Course

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(Before Differences Training)Prerequisites

• Crews shall be qualified (i.e. IR, AR, LC, AEP) on:-

• A330 and A340 mixed fleet flying (MFF); or

• A330 only

Certificate of CourseDifferences

Training• Computer based training – Airbus Cockpit Experience (ACE)

• Airbus Procedure Trainer (APT+)

• Full Flight Simulator (FFS)

(After Course Completion)Privileges

• Continue to exercise privileges of A330 and A340 MFF, or A330 as applicable, until the first A350 familiarisation flight.

• Then A330 and A340 MFF will cease.

A350 Training Course

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A330 and A340

operations

Beginning

of Training

Completion

of Training

A350 operations

• Issuance of A330/A350 Rating

• Cease of A330 and A340 Operations

A350 CTR TrainingLicence

Paperwork

A330 and A350 are considered by HKCAD as a single fleet and assigned a single

license endorsement, therefore any take off and landing performed on A330 or

A350 aircraft is valid for both A330 and A350.

A330 / A350 Handling Recency

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Within 3 months

Once FAM starts, 2 Months fly on A350 only

*Applicable for extended

separation between completion of

SIM course and start of the FAM

to maintain handling recency.

RT/PC

Recurrent Training performed on any A330 or A350 aircraft is valid for both types,

provided differences are identified and addressed.

Proficiency Checks performed on any A330 or A350 aircraft is valid for both types,

provided that the differences are addressed during recurrent training.

Takeoff/Landing Recency

3 takeoff and landings in 3 months on both A330 and A350 aircraft

Recurrent Training(RT) / Proficiency Check(PC) and Takeoff/Landing Recency

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A330 PC

A350 RT

A350 PC

A330 RT

3 months

3 months

3 months

On completion of Differences Training, Operators shall submit copies of the

following to CAD:

Licence Process

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Certificate of Course Completion

• Applicable to crew in different operating capacities

Rating Page

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Old New

New AR page of Flight Crew Licence

A330 A330/A350

Aircraft Rating / Instrument Rating –Certificate of Test

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CAD’s letter recognising the test validity on A330/A350 type

Aircraft Rating – Certificate of Test

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Letter of Authority

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Re-issue of a new Authorised Examiner Letter of Authority

[OSD] The completion of pilot differences training on the A330/A350 variant extends TRI

and SFI privileges to the respective variant(s) for which pilot differences training has been

received. Consequently, any TRE or SFE privileges held are extended to those variants.

For previous A330 only A330/A350

For previous A330 and A340A330/A350 (remove A340 due to type

phase-out)

~The End~

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