{"id":18487,"date":"2022-05-26T06:04:07","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T10:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=18487"},"modified":"2022-05-26T09:46:38","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T13:46:38","slug":"what-were-seein-in-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/what-were-seein-in-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"What we’re seein’ in the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"

A bunch of Caribbean countries are changing things up to ‘harmonise’ themselves with ICAO SARPS. That’s Standards and Recommended Practices.<\/p>\n

Here’s what we know.<\/p>\n

You need TCAS 7.1<\/h4>\n

This is a Bermudian requirement. Bermuda is of course actually part of Great Britain, sort of (they are a British overseas territory), so by doing what ICAO say, they are fitting with the UK CAA regulations which makes it all a bit simpler.<\/p>\n

So, if you want to visit Bermuda in a turbine-engined airplane under FAR 121, 135 or 91K rules<\/strong> which weighs more than 5700kg (12,500 lb)<\/strong> or is authorised to carry more than 19 passengers<\/strong> then you’ll need ACAS II (that’s TCAS II Version 7.1)<\/p>\n

If you fly a turbine-engined airplane involved in FAR 91 or non-commercial operations,<\/strong> then the specifications to know are certified take-off mass more than 33,000 lbs (15,000kg)<\/strong> or passengers more than 30<\/strong>, with your airworthiness certificate first issued after January 1st 2007.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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When will you need it?<\/h4>\n

April 1st 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Where’s the official notice?<\/h4>\n

It is right here – OPSN 03-22<\/a> and it says exactly what we said but on official Bermudian BCAA headed paper.<\/p>\n

You can also get in touch via email with them directly if you have any questions: foreignoperatorpermit@bcaa.bm<\/a><\/p>\n

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Parts of the Caribbean where the changes are coming in.<\/p><\/div>\n

You said several countries?<\/h4>\n
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We did. The Bahamas also have some changes coming in.<\/strong> Actually, they came in in 2021, but with Covid you might not have noticed them so here’s a refresher.<\/p>\n

They brought our their Civil Aviation Act of 2021<\/a>, published in their ‘Extraordinary Official Gazette The Bahamas’.<\/em><\/p>\n

What it says is that foreign commercial operators will need a Bahamian Air Transport License<\/strong> to fly there. To get this you need to be safe, secure and meet some financial obligations. These are listed in Section 15.<\/p>\n

Section 16, Subsection 2 Part 1 clarifies a little point about foreign operators – it doesn’t apply to folk overflying<\/strong> or even landing if you don’t have passengers, cargo or mail that gets off in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

There are also a lot of pages on what will happen if you don’t abide by the rules etc etc so it is worth a read if you haven’t been into the Bahamas since February 16th 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Is that it?<\/h4>\n

Yes, for now, but more things will hopefully come in at some point.<\/p>\n

All this started to come about in 2018 during a big meeting between CARICOM (all the Caribbean member states) and ICAO where they talked about it. You can read the 2018 ICAO press release here<\/a> if you want to.<\/p>\n

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CARICOM – Bermuda and a few others are associate members.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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