Oh, of course. The operator or owner of the inspected aircraft has the possibility to submit the documentation or evidence it deems appropriate, uploading this information to the EASA database, where it will be evaluated by the person responsible for its file.

All information exchange is carried out telematically through the centralised EASA tool, where all the activity related to the inspection is recorded.

All management is done telematically through the EASA database. The operator or owner of the aircraft must be registered in the system and contact persons will be established who will receive the notifications in their email to access the management of their files, as explained and reflected in question 19.

The operator/individual is obliged to cooperate and facilitate the inspection tasks, and in particular for the Rampa Inspectorate, in accordance with the European regulations laid down in Article ORO.GEN.140 of Regulation (EU) No 965/2012.

Therefore, in general, the inspection may not be refused except in exceptional circumstances or for reasons which are sufficiently justified and justified by the inspected person and which the inspectors consider and consider as such.

SAFA & SACA ramp inspections are part of the European Community Security Programme and are mandatory for all Member States to comply with this inspection programme, as indicated in Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, ARO.GEN.305 and ARO.RAMP.100 with regard to the establishment of an Annual Inspection Programme, as further developed in the EASA Rampa Inspection Manual (RIM), Chapter 4.

These inspections follow a common procedure and their results are transferred to a database managed by EASA, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, ARO.RAMP.145 Reports.

Yes, sometimes you can be part of the action team Inspectors in training, either of the National Authority (AESA) and of other international authorities that are forming in Spain. On the other hand, Observer personnel, belonging to different services of the State Aviation Safety Agency or even other bodies or organisations, may also be present at the inspection, but without active participation in the inspection.

In addition to receiving an appointment as a ramp inspector who authorises them as qualified personnel to carry out such inspections, all ramp inspectors must be accredited during the physical inspection, for which they must carry the corresponding Inspector’s Card and the action order issued by AESA, in accordance with Article 11 and Article 12 of Royal Decree 98/2009 of 6 February 2009 approving the Aeronautical Inspection Regulation. Such documents are sufficient for proper identification, and other identification documents (e.g.

Ramp inspectors must be authorised to carry out ramp inspections, for which they must first pass a specific training process (theoretical and practical) the detailed content of which is laid down and defined in European legislation (Regulation (EU) No 965/20102, ARO.RAMP.115 Qualification of ramp inspectors) which enables them to carry out this activity and is complemented by the training processes and plans established by EASA for the different inspection profiles, also in compliance with national rules (Article 26 of Law 21/2003 of 7 July 2003 on Aviation Safety and Article 7 of Royal Dec

The Spanish authority, AESA, as part of its role of aeronautical inspection for the supervision and control of compliance with the rules of the various activities specific to civil aviation, has the power to carry out the aeronautical inspection within the scope defined in Article 20 of Law 21/2003 of 7 July 2003 on Air Safety, among which are the inspections in Rampa, enabling the official inspectors to carry out this activity to access any airport, aerodrome or aeronautical installation in Spain where operations of aircraft of any type are carried out, in accordance with Article 25 of the

No, notice is never made and this is not required.

Although the programme started in 1996 by inspecting commercial operators, today the programme includes:

a) SAFA inspections: any aircraft except those defined as State aircraft under the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation of Chicago;

b) SACA inspections: any aircraft except those carrying out military, customs, police, search and rescue, fire-fighting, border control, coastal surveillance or similar activities or services, as set out in Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 Article 2 and Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, Annex II, Subpart RAMP.