{"id":21158,"date":"2023-01-25T07:51:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T12:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/?p=21158"},"modified":"2023-04-21T05:47:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T09:47:38","slug":"nat-doc-007-changes-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ops.group\/blog\/nat-doc-007-changes-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"NAT Doc 007 Changes 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

We knew it would happen! We predicted it would happen!<\/a> And now it has<\/span> happened! The annual late Christmas present from ICAO that always seems to get lost in the post and then turns up in January – an updated version of the NAT Doc 007.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NAT Doc 007 is the main go-to guidance doc for ops over the North Atlantic. All the specifics about how to operate your aircraft safely through the complex airspace of the region are here. The updated version is<\/strong> valid from Jan 2023.\u00a0<\/strong>You can download it from ICAO at the source here<\/a>, or click on the image below:<\/p>\n

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Click to download PDF.<\/p><\/div>\n

The summary of changes by ICAO<\/h4>\n

They always post a little summary at the start, so here is a screenshot of it for you.<\/p>\n

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Hideous<\/p><\/div>\n

The summary of changes by us<\/h4>\n

Hideous indeed. So here is a less hideous (but possibly less informative) summary of the changes we spotted as we scrolled through the 174 pages of Nat Doc 007 V.2023-1. We decided to go chapter by chapter so you can head on in and read the full info direct from the NAT Doc 007 itself if it interests you to.<\/p>\n

Chapter 1: Operational Approval & Aircraft System Requirements for Flight in the NAT HLA<\/h4>\n

Something about Target Levels of Safety<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This is probably of interest if you\u2019re a huge fan on the \u201cWhere you all went wrong this year\u201d<\/em> updates from the NAT HLA. They set the \u2018maxima\u2019 to 5×10-9\u00a0 <\/span>fatal accidents per flight hour, which I think means one in every 500 millionth or something.<\/p>\n

OK, moving on.<\/p>\n

Equipment related stuff<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

This is all stuff you probably know already, but they have updated and edited it so we figured we would recap on the important bits as well.<\/p>\n

RVSM:\u00a0<\/strong>Two handy links have been added in providing you info on RVSM equipment requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This one from the FAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And this one from Skybrary<\/a><\/p>\n

Along with a reminder that because the NAT HLA is RVSM, you need to be RVSM approved<\/strong> to fly in it.<\/p>\n

Clocks:<\/strong>\u00a0Make sure yours is accurate and synchronised to an \u2018acceptable\u2019 UTC time signal before heading off. A lot of aircraft have clocks that can only be updated on the ground so check before you fly.<\/p>\n

LRNS:\u00a0<\/strong>Do you fly an aircraft with only 1 LRNS (and it\u2019s a GPS)? Then its got to be approved in accordance with FAA TSO-C129<\/strong> or whatever the EASA equivalent is (it is ETSO-C129a).<\/p>\n

CPDLC:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Don\u2019t have FANS 1\/A “or equivalent”? (we still aren\u2019t totally sure what “or equivalent” really means!)<\/em> Then you can still request to climb or descend through the NAT DLM airspace, and there are some exceptions for specific flights where you might even get let in –\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n