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Recommendation 051/04

Aviation

Complete the recommendations of the independent report, New Zealand Aircraft Icing Hazards, in particular:

a. ensure all IFR operators provide adequate written guidance for operations in adverse or hazardous weather conditions,

b. Audit air operators to ensure they have clear and unambiguous procedures for avoiding not only turbulence and thunderstorms, but also severe icing conditions, and

c. Ensure pilot training requirements for inadvertent flight into hazardous meteorological conditions are adequately defined for commercial operations under Civil Aviation Rules, Parts 121, 125 and 135.