Consultation for Special Condition - Installation of Mini-suite Seating

For comments on the proposal that the CAA introduces a Special Condition to be used in addressing the integration of a moveable wall into a mini-suite seat, resulting in a “PRM Suite”, in twin aisle large aeroplane interiors.

The Consultation Paper Special Condition UK.SC.D.0001 Issue 1 provides the full detail of the identified issue, and the associated Special Condition.

We received 3 responses.

The first response provided confirmation that the development of a Special Condition would not be applicable to the organisation’s designs or its products. This required no action by the CAA.

The second response proposed addition of further Interpretive Material to support understanding, and to further improve alignment with other global Regulators.

The third response proposed enhancement to the definitions within the text, and proposed wording changes aimed at making the text more specific to the crew operation of a moveable wall, and proposed to remove some text due to being unduly prescriptive.

We acknowledge the responses and thank the responders for their suggestions.

For the second response the comment is accepted and has been incorporated. Additional Interpretive Material has been included in the final SC publication.

For the third response, the comment is partly accepted. The suggestion of enhancement of definitions has been incorporated, and the text within the Identification of Issue section has been revised in the final SC publication. The proposal for wording changes and removal of some text considered prescriptive, has not been incorporated.

The CAA believes the context of the existing text to be clear and the parts subject to comment well aligned to that of other Regulators, and while the comments are relevant, the removal of the text proposed would also remove the intent of the requirement.