Frequently asked questions

According to the regulatory point ORO.FTL.110:

No. The standard does not indicate the period to be reported in the programming. Provided that each programming day is known 14 days in advance, the requirement is met.

The inspected person is obliged to undergo the alcohol test as part of the inspection process in accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 965/2012 and Article 25 of Law 21/2003, and in particular as part of ramp inspections based on the recent regulations established in Article ARO.RAMP.106 of Regulation (EU) 965/2012.

In view of the above, the refusal to undergo such a test without justified reasons accepted by the inspection team (as may be medical reasons such as those laid down in Articles MED.B.001 or MED.B.0015 for flight crews or in Articles MED.C.035, and MED.C.030, for cabin crews within Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 shall be considered as a positive result in accordance with Article ORO.GEN.140 of Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 and of paragraph TCO.115 of Regulation (EU) No 452/2014 in the case of third country aircraft, and as a result of the failure to provide an inspector for the same reasons;

The objectives are determined using a simple algorithm that takes into account the company’s situation from different sources of information and its number of operations during the preceding period. Moreover, since it is a programme coordinated by EASA, in the case of non-Spanish operators, account is also taken of the number of operations in other territories and the possibility of being inspected by different states.

Although the targets are regularly reviewed, approximately 1200 inspections of foreign aircraft and about 450 inspections of domestic aircraft have been carried out at present and in normal situations, although the number of inspections may vary greatly and depends on the resources the authority may devote to such inspection.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Any aircraft registered in Spain may be inspected by any competent authority in the country of destination of the flight, or intermediate stops if any, in accordance with the provisions of the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation of Chicago, Article 16 and in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, Annex II, Subpart RAMP. Among the types of inspection they can receive are SAFA/SACA and SANA ramp inspections, which can only be carried out by those countries participating in the EU SAFA Programme. Participants are currently in the Programme, which are: Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Republic of North Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and United Kingdom.

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.

In the absence of such causes, this shall be deemed to be an obstruction of the inspection work, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 965/2012, ORO.GEN.140, Regulation (EU) No 452/2014, as developed in EASA’s Rampa Inspection Manual (RIM), Chapter 5, in the SAFA/SACA Inspections cases, with the corresponding consequences for the inspected person.

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.

The physical processing of the files based on the above criteria is implemented through a centralised file management system in the EASA Database whose processing of data and information will be governed by the aforementioned regulations and in Organic Law 15/1999, of 13 December, on the Protection of Personal Data.

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 all cases, the staff shall be duly accredited (inspector’s card or other identification document) and shall carry their order of action in accordance with Article 11 of Royal Decree 98/2009 of 6 February 2009 approving the Aeronautical Inspection Regulation.