The future of the aviation safety system

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The future of the aviation safety system

• Patrick Goudou,
• EASA Executive Director
• Santander, 20 June 2007

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A long story

• Towards a single aviation safety regulatory body
  in the Community
• The National Aviation Authorities
• The Joint Aviation Authorities
• The European Aviation Safety Agency

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Why a European Agency?

• Legally binding rules
• Higher common safety standards
• Type-certificates valid across EU
• Counterpart to the FAA

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The Agency

• Centrepiece of European aviation safety system
• Starts in 2003, based on EU law
• Safety regulator, certification authority
  advisory body
• Mission to set maintain the
• highest common safety environmental
  standards

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Main tasks

• Rulemaking
• Standardisation inspections
• Type-certification approvals
• Safety Analysis

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By law an independent Regulator

• Prepares rules to clarify what all those involved
  shall do to show compliance (applicants and NAAs)
• Issues acceptable means of compliance and
  guidance material to assist in implementing the
  above rules
• Oversees their actual implementation by all
  Member States (standardisation inspections)

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With some executive powers

• Executes certification tasks when uniformity and
  cost efficiency are better achieved by a
  centralised action
• Evaluates the results achieved in the field to
  feed a continuous process of improvement of the
  quality of rules

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What is the Agency about?

• Aviation Safety only
• Not Security
• Not Economic Regulation

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EU Regulatory System today
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EU Regulatory System 2009
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EU Regulatory System 2012
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The Total System approach

• Covers all involved people, procedures, equipment
  and organisational structures
• Eliminates the risks of safety gaps, conflicting
  requirements and confused responsibilities
• Reduces burden on the regulated persons by
  streamlining certification processes
• Is more adapted to the regulation of future ATM
  systems where equipment on the ground, on board,
  in the space and the link between them
  constitutes a single system

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Management organization
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Growth of staff

• 2006 120 specialists
• and administrators recruited
• Today 330
• 2010 forecast 500

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New activities in 2007

• Transfer of JAA rulemaking tasks
• Management of SAFA database
• Permit to Fly approval of Flight Conditions
• End of transition period new scope of EASA
  certification tasks (solution for CIS built
  types)

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New FC Regulation

• New Fees Charges Regulation adopted by the
  European Commission (2nd revision)
• Ensures sufficient income
• Less complicated charging procedures
• Fixed/variable fees mainly replaced by flat fees

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Extension of remit

• New responsibilities proposed by European
  Commission
• Operations
• Pilot Licensing
• Oversight of non-EU operators
• Favourable vote in European Parliament and
  Council
• Final adoption by EU expected later in 2007
• New tasks expected end of 2008

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Bilateral relations

• EC/US Agreement on cooperation in the regulation
  of civil aviation safety
• State of bilateral negotiations
• 1 March 2007 Principle agreement to a text by
  European Commission / EASA and FAA
• 19 March Discussion with experts of EU Member
  States
• 26 29 March EASA / FAA final negotiations on
  level 3 text on Maintenance
• Ready for signature

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Concluded working arrangements

• 14 ECAC-non-EU Member States
• Japan
• China
• Russia / Inter State Aviation Committee
• Brazil
• Canada

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Conclusions

• EASA is a key part of EU aviation policy
• EASA promotes international co-operation
• EASA its tasks are growing

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Conclusions

• Your safety is our mission.

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