2015 IOC NBAA Presentation Africa BY: BARTON GAULT.

First, Ebola.

• This disease is mostly terminal, and is particularly present in various West African Countries. Be aware of the following: It is bloody, contagious, deadly and untreatable.

1) Symptoms will take several days, 2-21 days, to appear

• Fever

• Headache

• Diarrhea

• Stomach Pain

• Headache

• Vomiting

• Joint and Muscle Ache

• Lack of Appetite

2) There are multiple ways to protect yourself:

a. Wash you hands with soap and do it often.

b. Avoid bush meat, deal with hotels and proper catering, avoid the local items, use proper bottled water.

c. Disinfect your surroundings as the virus cannot survive disinfectants, heat, direct sunlight, detergents and soaps.

d. Fumigate if you note pests are present, i.e. rats, mice, etc. and dispose of them properly.

e. Do not touch carcasses, i.e., what about a bird strike, could it be an infected bat or an infected bird? If you are to clean it up, wear gloves, a mask and long sleeve shirts. When done, trash the clothes you are wearing. (and I have seen flocks of bats flying in the daytime in Nigeria, yes during the daytime).

f. View the locals and avoid those that appear to have any of the symptoms.

g. Upon arrival at certain locales, expect temperature checks from the local health officials (customs agents).

h. And check the NOTAMS in detail, as certain locales do not allow flights from Ebola infected areas.

i. Also, would suggest you carry enough galley items so as to avoid certain local purchases (slim chance of Ebola, but a possibility).

j. In certain parts of Africa, you’ll need yellow fever/malaria vaccination. Have proof with you.

Now direct to aviation.

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• Be prepared for the basics of aviation in certain locales, lack of GPS/RNAV approaches, none, poor or just basic radar.

• Certain locales do not have Jeppesen approach procedures (and FMS’s) but do have ICAO procedures, so perhaps accessing the local AIP’s might be beneficial.

• Educate yourself with the basic’s of ATC. Lack of radar in certain locals. Additionally in the radar operational areas, it is common to give position reports with additional information.

• i.e., “KANO, this is Challenger N12345, at FL 290 Squawking 0407, passing DESIX at 1530, estimating BDA at 1555 and Abuja at 1615. We are a CHARLIE LIMA 60 with 9 on board minus 3 crew and 2 hours endurance.“ NOT UNCOMMON!!!

• ATC handoffs require contacting the next ATC controller and then returning to the prior controller telling them that you are in contact with that next ATC controller.

• Also be prepared that you will need to utilize HF in certain locales as VHF is not present.

• Often, you will be assisted by another aircraft and/or

should assist with another aircraft report, if they are unable to contact ATC.

• Fueling often requires direct payment as certain entities only operate via CASH and do not accept fuel cards.

• Have the permit numbers for overflight and landings available.

• Have General Declarations ready.

• At certain locales, one can expect to go to the tower, fill out the ICAO flight plan form, so be prepared, again, often when you file, to pay in cash.

• Have passenger manifests listing all passengers with DOB and passport numbers and passports available along with the General Declaration.

• Often expect to pay for landing fees, parking fees, service fees with cash. Credit cards are often not accepted, particularly US cards that do not have the electronic chip common from Europe. Often local currency. BE PREPARED! And you may not get any change back.

• Be aware of the VISA issue earlier. While crews can bypass visa requirements often (though you should have them also), ensure your passengers have the appropriate visa. As an example, in Nigeria, a crewmember can use a GEN DEC, so if no visa, ensure you have a stamped GEN DEC for each crewmember.

• Certain locales are unsafe, so be prepared for arranging additional security, vehicles, police, guards.

QUESTIONS

• Do you need a passenger manifest?

• Do you need copies of the passports?

• Again, be prepared for carrying cash for services and fees, and inform US Customs of this when you depart the US, so you are able to provide the appropriate path and not be subject to DHS/IRS penalties.

• Be advised that you may have to deal with just a single frequency for clearances, ground activities and tower, hence the wait and delays.

• Many airports do not have taxiways, so be ready for back taxiing clearances.

• Ensure landing/parking/departure slots are available. Many of these airports do not have lots of slots.

• Also, be prepared for fueling issues, certain locales do not have fuel available, so you may have to land elsewhere, fuel accordingly and then go to your destination.

• Recheck hours of operation to ensure your schedule is workable. Many of the locales close at 1800Z and open at 0600Z.

• We are used to calling ATC (clearance delivery) in the US and asking for our flight plan, starting the engines and taxiing out. Not so in many African locales. One must first ask for permission to start and it will be granted if they have a flight plan for you.

• Upon start, one asks to taxi and during the taxi, that is where you will receive the transmission of the flight plan, often not before taxiing.

• Be very aware of political issues. Certain countries do not recognize particular departure locales or destinations so overflight or landing may not be possible without a tech stop. For example when going from West Africa to Israel, many countries will not allow overflight, so the common procedures are to utilize Malta or Amman Jordan.

• Be aware of maintenance and parts support. In may locales, there is no maintenance services available, no parts available, so it is strongly suggested that you carry the appropriate spare parts and tools to make the repairs.

• I would also would suggest that you have a Mechanic/Engineer as part of your crew.

• Tires/wheels, lights, and other commonly failed parts, carried as spares that would cause you to be grounded.

• Yes, you can import parts, but in some locales with the Customs procedures, you could be looking at a week or more to clear their customs. So you get to sit and wait, and wait.

• Note also, that often runways and taxiways in many parts of Africa are not exactly well maintained. See the photos of two different aircraft (Cl601’s) that had destroyed tires due to the breakup of the taxiway blacktop/cement (also one of the aircraft had a destroyed WOW switch – I was flying that one). I would strongly suggest that one taxis much slower and be overly observant.

Incident Reporting.

• Be prepared for an inspection if there’s an incident report as an example, a bird strike.

• You may expect a full physical inspection of the aircraft by the local authorities and it may take 4-6hours.

Overflights

• Be prepared for certain restrictions on overflight permits such as Libya with the political issues, not exactly a safe locale. Again,, if you are going to certain countries not recognized by the overflight countries, you may not be able to get a permit.

DAMAGED AIRPLANE PARTS

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CLEARED TO EXIT THE HOLD AND CLEARED TO LAND

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!!