The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has published Amendment 7 of Issue 1 of the Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material to the Standardised European Rules of the Air (AMC & GM to SERA) stemming solely from the maintenance of the SERA regulatory framework.
Decisions 2024/006/R, 2024/007/R, and 2024/008/R introduce the new set of AMC and GM that will support pilots, air traffic controllers, airport operators, authorities, and other entities with implementing Regulations (EU) 2024/403, 2024/404, 2024/405. The Regulations harmonise the European Union (EU) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) legislation in the regulatory domains of SERA, Air Traffic Management / Air Navigation Services (ATM/ANS), and Aerodromes (ADR).
In particular, the updated AMC and GM:
- harmonise the process and phraseology of standard instrument departure (SID) and standard instrument arrival (STAR) speed restrictions with ICAO;
- show how to use the changed procedure for European radio communication failures;
- recommend the mention of ballistic parachutes in the flight plan in response to a safety recommendation addressed to EASA; and
- clarify the indication of radio mandatory and transponder mandatory zones on relevant charts, based on extensive stakeholder feedback.
Regulations (EU) 2024/403, 2024/404, and 2024/405 were published by the European Commission in April 2024, considering EASA Opinion No 03/2023 under EASA Rulemaking Task RMT.0476. This final batch of AMC and GM brings Subtasks 1 and 2 of RMT.0476 to a close.
