General aviation guidance material

Only commercial air transport operators holding a valid air operator certificate and air operator license are allowed to transport fee-paying passengers in Iceland.

There are three exceptions to this rule.

Flight training.

Flight training organisations (ATOs/DTOs) and flight instructors are entitled to receive a fee for flight training towards the issue or maintenance of pilot licences. Provided that the training falls under the privileges of the training organisation or flight instructor in question.

Cost-sharing is allowed in general aviation subject to the following conditions:

Only the direct costs of the flight may be shared. Direct costs means the costs directly incurred in relation to a flight, e.g. fuel, airport fees or rental fee for the aircraft. Recurring costs such as maintenance cost, insurance fees etc. cannot be shared.
The direct cost of the flight must be shared between all of the occupants of the aircraft, including the pilot.
There may not be more than six occupants, including the pilot, on board the aircraft.

Introductory flights

Flight training organisations or organisations created with the aim of promoting aerial sport or leisure aviation may accept fees for introductory flights subject to the following conditions:

The aircraft is operated by the organisation on the basis of ownership or dry lease.
The flight does not generate profits distributed outside of the organisation.
Flights involving non-members of the organisation represent only a marginal activity of the organisation.

"The Dirty Dozen" is a list of the twelve most common human factors that can lead to accidents or incidents in aviation-related operations. Around the world, these items have been put up in twelve posters with the aim of making people aware, reminding and pointing out ways to prevent accidents or incidents caused by human error.

The concept for "The Dirty Dozen" list comes from Gordon DuPont, who compiled it in 1993 while working for Transport Canada. DuPont used this list in training and instruction of civil aviation engineers worldwide. The list also refers to the Maintenance And Ramp Safety Society (MARSS) poster campaign on which our posters are based.

The Icelandic Transportation Authority has issued twelve posters, one for each section of the list, which propose ways to prevent these errors.

1. Lack of communication

9. Lack of Assertiveness

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10. Stress

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11. Lack of Awareness

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12. Norms

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The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has prepared new information materials for private pilots with the aim of improving safety, guiding and disseminating good advice. Each month, a new comic is published in which Sunny, a 32-year-old flight instructor at EASA, will teach us about safe flying.