scope:

The primary purpose of the standard is to promote the harmonization of quality operating practices for business aircraft operations on the international level. It constitutes ""base line"" requirements which operators should apply in structuring and staffing their flight departments and planning and conducting their operations. The IS-BAO has been developed with the generally accepted principles of other international standards systems in mind. It also has been designed to be compatible with operator certification under a range of quality systems. The Safety Management Systems standards set out in Chapter 3 are, in particular, consistent with the Quality System Requirements in EU OPS, and the ISO 9000 2000 Standards. Implementation of IS-BAO by operators may also serve to satisfy certain national regulatory requirements applied by States and their civil aviation authorities (CAAs). Operators remain responsible for ensuring that all applicable national requirements are met.