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European Aviation Safety Agency
Regulatory approach - Air Traffic Controllers ATC
GLOBAL 09 Jules Kneepkens
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Presentation at ATC GLOBAL 09- contents

• EU aviation safety policy
• progressive harmonisation
• total system approach
• proven safety regulatory system
• How to implement safety education for ATCOs?
• What has been proposed legal basis exists

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Presentation at ATC GLOBAL 09

• EU aviation safety policy

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EU aviation safety policy - basic principles

• High and uniform level of safety through
• Establishing independent safety regulator EASA
• ensuring that products, services, persons and
  organisations comply with common safety rules
• EASA system shared roles between Member States,
  Commission, EASA industry
• Because aviation system behaves and is a network
  it is needed that there is
• A progressive harmonisation of safety
  requirements across all fields
• A total system approach

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Implementation of aviation safety policy
progressive harmonisation

EASA Basic Regulation - adopted in 09/2002

• EASA 1st extension
• OPS, FCL, 3rd country a/c

EASA 2nd extension - ATM/ANS aerodromes
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EU aviation safety policy - how to best achieve
in ATM/ANS?

• 1.Report on total system approach
• 2.Commission SES II proposals
• 3.EC asked EASA Opinion 01/2008 to extend
  EASA system to cover ATM/ANS and aerodromes.
• 2 and 3 have to been seen as a package

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Total system approach in aviation safety
regulation
Economic regulation
Operations FCL
ATM/ANS
3rd Country Operations
Airworthiness
Aerodromes
Performance regulation
EASA total aviation system approach
Safety regulation
Interoperability regulation
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Total system approach in aviation safety
regulation why?

• Aviation system behaves as a network ? high and
  uniform level of safety attained through
  harmonized requirements applicable across all
  domains ? total system approach
• Eliminates risks of safety gaps, conflicting
  requirements and confused responsibilities
• No two channels for safety regulation, no
  questionable distinction between ATM/ANS and
  other aviation activities
• Reduces burden on the regulated persons by
  streamlining approval (certification) processes
• Well adapted to regulation of future ATM/ANS
  systems where equipment on ground, on board, in
  space and their link constitute a single system

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EASA system comprehensive proven

• EASA system proven system and comprises of
  elements needed in safety regulation, notably
• principal regulatory activities rulemaking,
  certification standardization inspections
  responsibilities
• but also
• safety analysis
• mutual recognition of all approvals
• international cooperation
• enforcement sanctions, loosing mutual
  recognition, EU infringement procedure
• NAAs obligatory exchange of safety information
  (MS-EC-EASA-AIB)
• voluntary reporting and protection of the source
  (just culture)

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Total system approach through horizontal rules
Authority Requirements
GEN
ATM/ANS
OPS

FCL
GEN
Organisations Requirements
aerodromes
ATM/ANS

OPS
FCL

ATM/ANS
Technical Requirements
FCL
OPS

• Horizontal IRs
• provision of several services under single
  approval single management system
• one set of rules for all competent authorities

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Rule structure right balance controlled
flexibility
ERs (Essential Requirements)
IRs Technical requirements
Legally binding
IR Organisations
IR Authorities
AMCs (one way to comply ? controlled
flexibility)
CSs
GM explanations
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Presentation at ATC GLOBAL 09

• How to implement safety education for ATCOs?

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What has been proposed for ATCOs

• Essential Requirements, scope implementation
  means for ATCO qualification defined by
  legislator
• continuation of existing licensing schemes, but
• ERs allow to complement improve (on lessons
  learnt)
• Direct applicability EASA standardisation
  inspections of competent authorities uniform
  implementation assist in interpretation of
  rules
• ER on Theoretical knowledge (as an example)
• (i) An air traffic controller must acquire and
  maintain a level of knowledge appropriate to the
  functions exercised and proportionate to the
  risks associated with the type of service.

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Safety education for ATCOs

• New Implementing Rule (IR) by the Commission
• IR based on ATCO Directive, can complement where
  necessary
• IR supported by Acceptable Means of Compliance
  (by EASA)
• safety issues already included in ATCO Dir
• IR AMCs in EASA system ? basis for competency
  based training objectives, including safety
  education (as need may be)

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Presentation at ATC GLOBAL 09

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