Joint Industrial Announcement on Monitors

The attached announcement from IATA, JIG & A4A provides an update on the current status of the ongoing field trials of ALL new alternative technologies for Filter Monitors.

• The COVID-19 outbreak has caused significant disruption to field trials and will not be able to be completed by previously set datelines. The originally proposed industry roadmap cannot, therefore, be met.
• The Energy Institute (EI), has confirmed that the EI 1583 specification will be withdrawn at the end of 2020. However, due to the current unavailability of a suitable drop-in replacement for monitors, JIG & ATA103 standards will continue to allow the use of 7th edition Filter Monitors beyond 2020 until further notice.
• Nevertheless, all into-plane operators, fuel suppliers, and airlines must conduct their own risk assessment for the continued use of filter monitors.