Standards & Publications
Bulletin 128 - PLACING EQUIPMENT INTO CARE
Bulletin 128 – 04/2020
Placing equipment into care as part of pandemic response
This Bulletin gives guidance to Users on the measures they are recommended to take in formally planning for any disruption in their activity. It also gives guidance on decommissioning and return to service of equipment that may remain unused for extended periods of time.
JIG recognises that the COVID-19 outbreak may affect Members’ abilities to carry out their routine operations and maintenance tasks due to reduced traffic & throughput levels as well as staffing reductions caused by illness, self-isolation or for business reasons. This Bulletin seeks to issue guidance for users of JIG standards in managing operations under these conditions but also to prepare for a return to normal service levels when activity begins to recover.
Guidance is provided to operations where there is either limited or zero airfield operations, for:
• Maintaining Operations (even if at reduced level), or
• Decommissioning and Recommissioning of equipment where necessary
Operating sites are advised to follow company guidelines and local legislation, in addition to following recommendations included in this Bulletin.
Operators who have been impacted by the pandemic, are expected to activate their Business Continuity Plans (BCPs). All operators shall apply their MOC process throughout this period of change to routine operations.
Operators shall assess their operational needs and identify if all or part of the equipment or facilities should be temporarily removed from service.
The Bulletin then gives detailed guidance on actions to take when decommissioning equipment and procdures to be followed before bringing it back into service.