ISO 16412:2005规定了在准备民用运输飞机上运输的空运货盘时应采用的使用指南。它确定了为确保飞行安全需要考虑的各种问题，并提供了公认的行业标准方法。 16412:2005适用于由单个或多个商业货物组成的任何经认证的空运货盘，用于装载在民用运输飞机（无论是货机还是乘客）的下、主或上甲板上- 携带飞机。其适用范围包括在地面场所内准备的所有托盘，无论是在托运人设施还是机场货物仓库，包括打算以浮动位置装载到飞机上的托盘。ISO 16412:2005的规定可能不完全适用于装运前的托盘。在这种情况下，由运营商确定并实施适用标准。 16412:2005不适用于为军用运输机准备的空运货盘，也不考虑军用飞机的任何具体标准。 然而，在这种情况下，任何情况都不排除将其用于指导方针，军事运营商有责任确定并实施任何其他适用标准。

ISO 16412:2005 specifies utilization guidelines to be applied when preparing air cargo pallets for carriage on board civil transport aircraft. It identifies the various concerns to be taken into consideration to ensure flight safety, and provides recognized industry standard methods to achieve it. 16412:2005 is applicable to any certified air cargo pallet built up from either a single or a number of pieces of commercial cargo, intended to be loaded on lower, main or upper deck of a civil transport aircraft, whether a freighter or a passenger-carrying aircraft. Its field of application includes all pallets prepared within ground premises, whether at a shipper's facilities or an airport cargo warehouse, including those intended to be loaded into the aircraft in a floating position. The provisions of ISO 16412:2005 may not entirely apply in the event of pre-embarked pallets. In such a case, it is up to the operator to identify and implement the applicable criteria. 16412:2005 is not intended to apply to air cargo pallets prepared for military transport aircraft, and does not take into account any specific criteria for military aircraft. Nothing, however, precludes it being used for guidelines in this case, it being the military operator's responsibility to identify and implement any additional applicable criteria.