IATA has just published an IOSA Standards Manual (ISM) Edition 14 which had been delayed earlier due to circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
With current ISM Edition 13 Temporary Revision 2020-2 as the latest IOSA document as it had been impacted by COVID-19, today IOSA published a new manual for the edition 14. The new document will be effective from September 1, 2021.
Our customers will have the option to import ISM Edition 14 checklists directly into ICARUS.
The following tables describe changes contained in Edition 14 of the IOSA Standards Manual (ISM 14).
| ISM 14 Revision Highlights | ||
| Area(s) of Change | Description(s) | |
| Introduction | • | New section that provides a description of the auditing effectiveness methodology. |
| ORG, FLT, DSP sections | • | Standards contained in Annex 6, Amendment 44, are incorporated; significant individual ISM changes are described below. |
| ORG 1.7.1 | • | New recommended practice that serves as the ‘umbrella provision’ |
| for all provisions that contain the effectiveness assessment tool | ||
| and the [Eff] symbol. | ||
| • | Effectiveness criteria are specified in ORG 3.1.2 (safety risk | |
| assessment/mitigation), ORG 3.2.2 (change management) and | ||
| ORG 3.5.4 (auditing other operators under aviation agreement). | ||
| ORG 3.1.2 is repeated in other ISM sections. | ||
| ORG 3.1.6 | • | New recommended practice and guidance derived from Annex 17; |
| addresses the identification and protection from unlawful | ||
| interference of critical operational information and communications | ||
| technology systems and data used in or in support of operations | ||
| (alignment with Annex 17). | ||
| ORG 3.1.7 | • | New recommended practice and guidance specify the submission of safety/security incidents to IATA for inclusion in IDX. |
| ORG 3.1.8 | • | New recommended practice and guidance to address the transport of items in the aircraft cargo compartment (alignment with Annex 6). |
| ORG 3.4.6 | • | New Note that introduces alternative internal oversight methods. |
| ORG 3.5.1A | • | New recommended practice and guidance to specify a service provider selection process (repeated in other sections). |
| ORG 3.5.4 | • | Extensive revision to specify auditing (rather than monitoring) of other operators that are in code share/leasing agreements with the operator. |
| FLT section | • | Multiple flight crew training provisions revised with incorporation of new Conformance Applicability (CA) tables to simplify the presentation of conformance factors associated with various elements of flight crew training. |
| FLT 3.11.68B | • | New recommended practice and guidance to specify assessment of runway surface condition as approach prerequisite; approach can be continued only if performance will permit a safe landing (alignment with Annex 6). |
| FLT 3.15.5 | • | New recommended practice to specify flight crew reporting of runway braking action when not as good as reported (alignment with Annex 6). |
| ISM Ed 14, September 2021 DOC 1 | ||
| IOSA Standards Manual | ||
| ISM 14 Revision Highlights | ||
| Area(s) of Change | Description(s) | |
| DSP 3.2.8B | • | New standard to specify that flights are not commenced or continued unless the intended airspace/airports of use have been assessed and determined to be safe for the planned operation (alignment with Annex 6). |
| MNT Table 4.11 (xiv) | • | New standard to specify installation of a CVR that is capable of retaining at least the last twenty five hours of recorded information; Active Implementation applied (alignment with Annex 6). |
| MNT Table 4.11 (xxx) | • | New standard to specify installation of an autonomous distress position transmission system; Active Implementation applied (alignment with Annex 6). |
| MNT Table 4.14 (v) | • | New recommended practice to specify installation of a DLR in accordance with a modification approved on or after 1 January 2016; future upgrade 1 September 2023 (alignment with Annex 6). |
| CAB section | • | Multiple cabin crew training provisions revised with incorporation of new Conformance Applicability (CA) tables to simplify the presentation of conformance factors associated with various elements of cabin crew training. |
| GRH 3.1.6 | • | New standard to address passenger unruly behavior; aligns with Annex 17. |
| GRH 3.2.6B | • | New recommended practice to specify procedures for opening and closing aircraft cargo hold access doors, if GSE is required to reach cargo hold doors; future upgrade 1 September 2022; IGOM high risk alignment). |
| GRH 3.2.10 | • | New recommended practice to specify procedures for ground handling operations in adverse weather conditions (IGOM high risk alignment). |
| GRH 3.4.15 | • | New recommended practice to specify procedures that ensure outsized or heavy cargo is loaded into the aircraft, secured, and unloaded in accordance with standards specified in the OM (complements CGO acceptance/handling specifications). |
| GRH 3.4.16 | • | New recommended practice to specify procedures that ensure live animals are handled, loaded into the aircraft, secured and unloaded in accordance with standards specified in the OM (complements CGO acceptance/handling specifications). |
| GRH 3.4.17 | • | New recommended practice to specify procedures that ensure perishable cargo is loaded into the aircraft, secured, and unloaded in accordance with standards specified in the OM (complements CGO acceptance/handling specifications). |
| GRH 3.7.5 – 3.7.11 | • | New provisions; relocated to GRH from SEC. |
| CGO section | • | No significant changes. |
| SEC 3.3.2, 3.5.3, 3.6.3, 3.6.7, 3.6.8, 3.6.1, 3.6.11 |
• | Provisions eliminated; relocated from SEC to GRH. |
| SEC 1.10.4 | • | Standard eliminated (alignment with Annex 17). |
| SEC 1.11.4 | • | New standard (upgraded from recommended practice) to specify methods for monitoring external entities that perform security functions to ensure compliance with AOSP (alignment with Annex 17). |
| DOC 2 ISM Ed 14, September 2021 | ||
| Description of Changes | ||||
| ISM 14 Revision Highlights | ||||
| Area(s) of Change | Description(s) | |||
| SEC 1.12.2 | • | New standard (upgraded from recommended practice) to specify | ||
| process that ensures reported security information, security | ||||
| incidents, security occurrences and acts of unlawful interference | ||||
| are subjected to risk assessment (alignment with Annex 17). | ||||
| SEC 4.1.1 | • | Extensive revision to add cybersecurity to security threats that | ||
| must be subjected to risk assessment and mitigation (alignment | ||||
| with Annex 17). | ||||
| SEC 4.1.3 | • | New standard (upgraded from recommended practice) to specify | ||
| procedures for sharing relevant information with appropriate | ||||
| entities to assist in effective security risk assessment | ||||
| implementation (alignment with Annex 17). | ||||
| Summary—Additions/Eliminations (All Sections) | ||||
| Standards Eliminated | • | Total seven (7) (relocations not included) | ||
| ○ | ORG (1) | |||
| ○ | FLT (4) | |||
| ○ | DSP (1) | |||
| ○ | CGO (1) | |||
| Standards/Specifications Suspended |
• | None. | ||
| Standards Added | • | Total nine (9) | ||
| ○ | ORG (1) | |||
| ○ | DSP (1) | |||
| ○ | MNT (3) | |||
| ○ | GRH (1) (relocations not included) | |||
| ○ | SEC (3) (upgraded from recommended practices) | |||
| Standards Relocated | • | Total six (6): eliminated in SEC and relocated to GRH. | ||
| Recommended Practices Eliminated | • | Total three (3) ○ ORG (1) ○ FLT (1) ○ GRH (1) |
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| Recommended Practices Added | • | Total eleven (11) (net value: repeats, relocation not included) | ||
| ○ | ORG (5) | |||
| ○ | FLT (4)(1 ORG repeat) | |||
| ○ | DSP (1)(1 ORG repeat) | |||
| ○ | MNT (3)(1 ORG repeat) | |||
| ○ | CAB (1) (ORG repeat) | |||
| ○ | GRH (7) (1 ORG repeat, 1 relocated from SEC) | |||
| ○ | CGO (1) (ORG repeat) | |||
| ○ | SEC (1) (ORG repeat) | |||
| Recommended Practices Relocated | • | Total one (1): eliminated in SEC and relocated to GRH. | ||
| Tables Eliminated | • | None | ||
| Tables Added | • | None | ||
| ISM Ed 14, September 2021 DOC 3 | ||||
