JAR-OPS 1 is the Joint Aviation Requirement for the operation of commercial air transport (aeroplanes). Any commercial airline within the

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flying jet or propeller aircraft has to comply with this standard. Compliance is governed through the issuance of an

Air Operator Certificate An air operator's certificate (AOC) is the approval granted by a civil aviation authority (CAA) to an aircraft operator to allow it to use aircraft for commercial air transport purposes. This requires the operator to have personnel, assets and s ...

(AOC) and an Operator's Licence (OL). An important provision of this standard is that the airline has to write and maintain an Operations Manual with a structure that mirrors the structure of the standard. See the

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(JAA) web site for the published detail of this standard

JAR OPS has been replaced with EU OPS. The regulations concern Training, Documentation, Procedures and Compliances in the following categories * Operator certification and supervision * Operational procedures * All weather operations * Performance general * Performance class l * Performance class k * Performance class h * Mass and balance * Instruments and equipment * Communication and navigation equipment * Aeroplane maintenance * Flight crew * Cabin crew * Manuals, logs and records * Flight and duty time limitations and rest requirements * Transport of

dangerous goods Dangerous goods are substances that are a risk to health, safety, property or the environment during transport. Certain dangerous goods that pose risks even when not being transported are known as hazardous materials ( syllabically abbreviate ...

by air * Security

References

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External links

List of other JAR documents
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