Regulatory matters

The newly created European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is harmonising most regulations in aviation across Europe:

Licensing

Operations

Certification

Maintenance

Airspace

EASA regulations apply directly in all EU countries

Licensing

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”

EASA Opinion submitted to the EC and EP

Most NAA oppose. Lobbying is needed !

Implementing Rules

Operations

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

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

Implementation of EASA rules for light non-commercial 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

A common model for maintenance was also set up

We will have soon a meeting with the Rulemakers

Operations

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

We need to work out a proposal for IR

We must set up a Technical Committee on Operations

We need to have our own statistics on accidents

Airspace

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

Positive evolution:

We have now a direct contact with the EASA “rulemakers”

They have a liberal attitude to air sports

The consultation process is quite democratic

They listen to us and accept us as competent partners

EGU and Europe Air Sports

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

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

EGU is healthy

EGU is well organised

EGU is active

But:

We need the support of the Federations or Gliding sections of NACs from ALL EU countries !

The 16 EGU members