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INDUSTRY EXPERT
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What We Can Learn from Others
in Aircraft Refueling
While strides have been made to harmonize standards, there are still ways
regional fueling operations can learn from one another.
By Richard Hooton

Photo courtesy of Cla-Val Company

Dual Pilot Hydrant Pit Valves

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ircraft refueling is, essentially, "the
same job world-over," right? Well,
maybe not exactly.
When traveling from country
to country, and even more so between
continents, it is surprising just how different regional fueling activities can be.
What is "so right" for one fueling location
is strangely "so wrong" for the next, and the
more our team of fueling experts travels
the world, the more obvious these global
differences become.
Cla-Val Company has a network of offices
worldwide, with its global headquarters in
the USA and European headquarters in
Switzerland. Regional differences between
products in several of our business platforms is understood and to be expected.

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OCTOBER 2020

In aviation ground fueling, it could be
assumed that the practice of safely fueling
an aircraft would be the same, either at
LAX in Los Angeles or GVA in Geneva, for
example. However, it may be surprising to
find a number of differences. These can be
quite varied and go beyond configurations
of fueling nozzles or regional preferences.
There are differing global operating policies to consider, subtle nuances in terms of
refueling equipment design, operator ergonomics required by federal/state legislation.
Probably the biggest difference though is
one of the industry culture. So, can our
European and American counterparts learn
any lessons from each other?
The world of aviation fueling standards
is primarily governed by the Joint Inspection Group (JIG) and Airlines for America
(A4A). The JIG is historically more focused
on Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA),
while A4A helps to create policies specifically for the US airline industry. While
these two organizations work together, and
in recent years, huge efforts and large strides
have been taken to create truly "global standards" through harmonization, there are
inevitably still some differences between
policies worldwide.
This means that in some cases, manufacturers will produce a product more suited
for the USA, with a very different product
required for the exact same task in Europe.
As an example, consider a pit valve and
the pilot requirements. The JIG insists on
dual air lanyard pilots. They also were the
early adopters of the breakaway couplers (EI
1583 3rd Edition). This was only adopted by
A4A in 2017 and with enforcement by the
end of 2022.
The safe refueling of aircraft is a very
skilled job and in Europe many refueling



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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Ground_Support_October_2020

Business Buzz
What We Can Learn from Others in Aircraft Refueling
Green Growth
Agile Passenger Handling in the Age of COVID
Engineer the Risk Out of the Operation
New Screening and Tracking Technologies Make for Safer Airways
Connected at the Gate
Product Hangar
Editor’s Note
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Ground_Support_October_2020 - Business Buzz
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Ground_Support_October_2020 - What We Can Learn from Others in Aircraft Refueling
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Ground_Support_October_2020 - Green Growth
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Ground_Support_October_2020 - Agile Passenger Handling in the Age of COVID
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Ground_Support_October_2020 - Engineer the Risk Out of the Operation
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Ground_Support_October_2020 - New Screening and Tracking Technologies Make for Safer Airways
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