GETTING A PROCEDURE PUBLISHED

A new or modified procedure is a coordinated effort among many groups, such as airports, air traffic control, local communities, and local aircraft operators, each of whom may have input into the final procedure. Once a procedure is developed and everyone is as happy as theyre going to get with it, the procedure is sent through a quality assurance review process. This process essentially rebuilds the procedure to verify criteria compliance, use of correct data, and proper documentation. Once past quality assurance, the next step in procedure approval is performing a flight inspection to look for anything unsafe or unexpected on the procedure that wouldnt have been known during the design process.

Key Takeaways:

• New air traffic procedures are developed through a collaborative process involving various stakeholders, followed by a quality assurance review and a flight inspection to verify compliance, correct data, and identify any safety or flyability issues.
• Defects identified during quality assurance or flight inspection require the procedure to be redesigned before it can be charted and published for use.
• Once published, procedures undergo periodic reviews (every two or four years depending on type) to account for changes in aeronautical data or new obstacles, but not necessarily updates to TERPS criteria.

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