The Airport Certification Manual (ACM) describes operating procedures, facilities, and equipment used to fulfill the requirements of FAR Part 139. Being the holder of a current Operating Certificate issued by the FAA, it is our responsibility to comply with all requirements prescribed by FAR 139 in a manner authorized by the Administrator.
The Airport Operations Department is comprised of members that have a very diverse background in aviation. These differences in work and educational experiences afford us the ability to see the “big picture” when making decisions in handling both day-to-day tasks as well as resolving non-routine and airport emergency situations. The Airport Operations Department Personnel Pamphlet was developed to highlight both the role the Department plays in the overall operation of the Airport as well as ‘spotlight’ those individuals that make up the Operations Department.
Under FAR Part 139.329 it is the responsibility of the Airport to develop and implement a training program for the safe and orderly access to, and operation in, movement areas and safety areas by pedestrians and ground vehicles. The Driver Training Handbook (Updated 04-2010) provides Airport employees, tenants, contractors, and users with the knowledge necessary for safe pedestrian and ground vehicle operations in the Airport Operations Area (AOA). Initial training is provided to new hires and contractor employees who, by the nature of their work, will require access to the AOA. Recurrent training is conducted on an annual basis, or as often as necessary, to ensure that individuals maintain a satisfactory level of proficiency. The training days and times are as follows:
All airfield driver training classes are conducted in concert with Airport Security Training to streamline the process of obtaining an Airport-issued Security ID Badge. The training days and times are as follows:
Initial SIDA
Wednesday
9:00am
Thursday
Recurrent SIDA
1:30pm, 3:30pm
Those individuals who are required to operate on foot or drive a vehicle in the AOA in the performance of their job duties should attend a Driver Training Class prior to attending a Security Training Class. Please call (803) 822-5050 (Airport Operations) or (803) 822-5151 (Airport Security) to schedule an appointment for one of the aforementioned classes on the days and times posted. All training will take place in the Airport Commission Conference Room and is done by appointment only due to each class being capped at 8 attendees.
In response to the outbreak of the H1N1 Virus in 2009 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) urged all airport operators to update their existing Pandemic Flu Plans and to encourage those airport operators that did not already have Pandemic Flu Plans to develop such plans for their airport. Since we did not formally have a plan in place members of the airport authority (Police, Fire/Medical, Operations, and Public Relations) met with representatives of the CDC, TSA, South Carolina Aeronautics Commission, Lexington Medical Center, DHEC, Lexington and Richland County EMS, airport tenant business managers, CBP, and the FAA to develop a plan that would address ‘best practices’ and guidelines for the airport to follow in order to protect the health and welfare of travelers, staff, the public, and to reduce the opportunities for the dissemination of communicable diseases by air. Also, during the course of these meetings the working group took the opportunity to formally develop a plan that would address how the airport would provide assistance to aircraft that divert for reasons other than pandemic in nature. Therefore, as a matter of convenience, the airport elected to incorporate both situations into one resource document, hence our Aircraft Diversion & Pandemic Operations Plan.