Operational control in three places.
The OpSpecs assign authority. The release decision, the risk picture and the record of who made the call too often live apart.
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Certificate-holder programs that read cleanly to an inspector.
Operational control, hazmat programs and records for Part 135 and Part 121 operators, built by people who have flown and led operations under those certificates.
Where it breaks
Hazmat authority without the program behind it.
OpSpec A055 says will-carry or will-not-carry. The training program, the recurrent dates and the acceptance records have to say the same thing.
A file that needs a guide.
If it takes the director of operations to walk an inspector through the records, the records are not doing their job.
What it covers
Operational control, OpSpec A008
Flight release, assigned authority and risk in one review.
Hazmat authorization, OpSpec A055
Will-carry or will-not-carry status that matches the program, the training and the acceptance records.
Hazmat training programs
Part 135 Subpart K and Part 121 Subpart Z programs, with recurrent currency for every crewmember and handler.
Records and FAA surveillance
Records organized the way the inspector's own guidance, FAA Order 8900.1, reads them, and improved with Lean Six Sigma.