EUROPEAN COMMISSION UPGRADES TCAS REQUIREMENTS

According to the new Regulation 1332/2011 of the European Commission, it is mandatory to upgrade the TCAS to version 7.1.

This Regulation affects all aircraft flying through EU airspace with an MTOW above 5700kg or carrying more than 19 passengers.

Deadline for new aircraft is 1. March 2012 while the deadline for retrofit of aircraft with an airworthiness certificate issue before 1. March 2012 will be 1. December 2015.

The reason behind this mandate is to solve the safety deficiencies of the existing TCAS logic. There will now be a possibilty to obtain temporary exemptions for aircraft encountering specific difficulties with the mandate on case by case basis. [...] mehr...