Key SMS Implementation Dates
Aerodrome/Airport Operators:
ICAO Applicability - Annex 14
ICAO Effective Date - Nov 2001
Expected EASA Applicability Date - Dec 2013
FAA Applicability Date - FAA NRPM issued 2010; comments due June 2011
Airplane operators:
ICAO Applicability - Annex 6 Part 1
ICAO Effective Date -1 Jan 2009
Expected EASA Applicability Date - 8 April 2012
FAA Applicability Date - FAA NPRM Part 121 issued 2010; comments due Jan 2010; no schedule for Part 91, 125 or 135 operators published
Helicopter Operators
ICAO Applicability - Annex 6 Part 3
ICAO Effective Date -1 Jan 2009
Expected EASA Applicability Date - 8 April 2012
FAA Applicability Date - Would come under FAA rules for 91, 121, 125, 135 when published
International GA Airplanes
ICAO Applicability - Annex 6 Part 2
ICAO Effective Date -18 Nov 2010
Expected EASA Applicability Date - 8 April 2012
Part 145
ICAO Applicability - Annex 6 Part 1
ICAO Effective Date -1 Jan 2009
Expected EASA Applicability Date - UNK but indirectly via U Ops by April 2012
FAA Applicability Date - No schedule published for Part 145 Repair Stations
Air Training Organizations
ICAO Applicability - Annex 1
ICAO Effective Date -18 Nov 2010
Expected EASA Applicability Date - 8 April 2012
FAA Applicability Date - Nothing published for FAA part 61, 141 and 142 training organizations