Transcript PFE Strategy

Regulatory matters
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The newly created European Aviation Safety Agency
(EASA) is harmonising most regulations in aviation
across Europe:
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Licensing
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Operations
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Certification
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Maintenance
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Airspace
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EASA regulations apply directly in all EU countries
Licensing
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EASA issued NPA 2/2004 with a draft of Essential
Requirements (ER) and a questionnaire
EGU answered via Europe Air Sports
We asked for having a license, which can be managed
by the Federations, with different medical standards
EASA issued a CRD 2/2004 and proposed to create a
PPL “with restricted privileges” (RPPL).
About medicals they “consider necessary to introduce
flexibility trough less stringent common rules”
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EASA Opinion submitted to the EC and EP
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Most NAA oppose. Lobbying is needed !
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Implementing Rules
Operations
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In the NPA 2/2004 EASA has also published
Essential Requirements on Operations
They intend to keep the Implementing Rules (IR) at
high level (JAR Ops 0) for air sports
We are working on a proposal for the Implementing
Rules
We need to have our own statistics on accidents
Certification
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JAR 22 has been transcripted into EASA rules as CS
22 without any change
Ultra light gliders with MTOM < 80kg (single seaters)
or 100kg (two seaters) remain under national
regulation (do not need to be certified)
EGU will file a proposal to increase these limits ( 120
kg for single seaters)
We work also on a proposal for removing the request
for certification of variometers and GPS from Part 21
Airworthiness and Maintenance
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Implementation of EASA rules for light noncommercial aircraft ( Part M) has been postponed in
most EU countries to 2008
EASA has directed a Regulatory Impact Assessment
(RIA) on Part M, to be carried out by Air Eurosafe
Our Technical Committee on Maintenance worked out
an extensive answer which was sent to Air Eurosafe
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A common model for maintenance was also set up
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We will have soon a meeting with the Rulemakers
Operations
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EASA has published Essential Requirements (ER) on
Licensing
They intend to keep the Implementing Rules (IR) at
high level (JAR Ops 0) for air sports
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We need to work out a proposal for IR
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We must set up a Technical Committee on Operations
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We need to have our own statistics on accidents
Airspace
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We have sent an updated version of our position paper
to Eurocontrol
We have answered the Eurocontrol consultation
ENPRM04-005 on a Common Charging Scheme for Air
Traffic Services
We are preparing an answer to the Eurocontrol
consultation ENPRM/05-001 on Single European Sky
Fransois Van Haaff monitors all developments
concerning instruments ( LAST, 8.33 , ADSB etc)
Relationship with EASA
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Positive evolution:
We have now a direct contact with the EASA
“rulemakers”
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They have a liberal attitude to air sports
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The consultation process is quite democratic
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They listen to us and accept us as competent partners
EGU and Europe Air Sports
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EGU has strengthened its collaboration with
EAS
EGU is now full member of EAS
Close contact with Sir John Allison, the new
President of EAS and with Rudi Schuegraff
EAS has recruited a professional Program
Manager Michael Paul
EGU has provided significant financial
assistance to EAS for this project
Communication and PR Work
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EGU has now a decent website: www.egu-info.org
Information on our activity are sent regularly to all
European Gliding Magazines
We intend to write a paper for explaining what is
going on at EASA to non specialists
We were invited to give a presentation of EGU at the
German Segelfliegertag in Mainz
Conclusion
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EGU is healthy
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EGU is well organised
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EGU is active
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But:
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We need the support of the Federations or Gliding
sections of NACs from ALL EU countries !
The 16 EGU members