The European Gliding Union and the Harmonisation of European Regulations in

Aviation by the EASA

EHPU General ConferenceZürich, 18 February 2006

The European Gliding Union

The EGU was founded in 1993 in Strasbourg We aim to represent the European glider pilots

on the European level We deal only with regulations, not with sports

issues We are independent of the FAI and of the IGC We are member of EAS and collaborate closely

with them The EGU counts 18 members national gliding

associations

the 18 EGU member countries

(70,000 pilots 22,000 gliders)

Roland Stuck (FR)President

Mathias Borgmeier (DE)Vice President

David Roberts (GB)Vice President

Jannes Neumann (DE)TO Maintenance

Emil Blumer (CH)Secretary General

Mathias Borgmeier (DE)TO Operations

Fransois van Haaff (NL)TO Airspace

Patrick Pauwels (BE)Treasurer

Meike Müller (DE) TO Licensing

European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

In July 2002 the EU Council and Parliament have decided to apply common rules to aviation and to establish EASA

Objective: ensure a high and uniform level of protection of the European citizen and facilitate free movement of goods persons and services

Basic regulation of EASA is Regulation (EC) 1592/2002

EASA regulations are not converted into national laws and apply directly

EASA operational since September 2003 EASA is located in Cologne Website:www.easa.eu.int

The Basic Regulation 1592

Principles (scope, objectives, definitions)

Substantive requirements (basic principles, applicability, airworthiness, environmental protection, operations and licensing, recognition of certificates, etc…)

Organisation of EASA (tasks, internal structure, working methods, financial requirements, final provisions)

The scope of Reg 1592 has been recently extended to licensing and operations. The amended Reg 1592 (COM 579) will be submited to the EP

Annex II of Regulation 1592

Aircraft excluded from the European regulations: Gliders with structural (maximum empty) mass of

less than 80 kg when single seater or 100 kg when two seater, including those who are foot launched

Ultralights aeroplanes with minimum speed <35 kts and maximum take-off mass of no more than 300Kg for a land plane single seater or 450 kg for a land plane two seater ( + 5% with rescue system)

An EGU request to have light gliders (MTOM < 300kg and 450kg) exempted like ultralights aeroplanes has been declined

Certain types of ultra light aircraft subject to European Rule ?

In the new version of Reg. 1592 the exemption also applies to licensing and operations !

Rulemaking Procedures

Rulemaking Directorate (Dir. C.Probst) Essential Requirements (ER), adopted by the EP Implementing Rules (IR), adopted by the EC For any change EASA issues a Notice Per

Amendment (NPA) Stakeholders (we!) must be consulted Independent evaluation of the answers EASA issues a Co mment Response Document

(CRD) EASA issues an Opinion with a draft of new

regulation ER submitted to the EC then to the Parliament IR drafted by an expert group and submitted to

the EC Publication of the new regulation in the OJ

Tasks of EASA

Certification (initial airworthiness) Maintenance (continuous airworthiness) Licensing and medical Operations Long term: Airport Operations Long term: Air Traffic Services

Certification

Certification is regulated by Regulation (EC) 1702/2003 which is already in force

Benefit: an aircraft certified in one country is certified de facto in all other EU countries

The approval regulations for gliders has been copied directly (JAR 22 = CS 22 )

Engines and propellers of SSG and SLG remain in CS 22

According to Part 21 all instruments installed in a glider must have an EASA form 1

This is a problem for some instruments (variometers, GPS, PDA’s)

EASA has accepted to consider these equipments as standard parts not requiring a form 1

Maintenance

Maintenance is regulated by Regulation (EC) 2042/2003, which is already in force for commercial aviation

Will be valid for sports aviation per 28 September 2008

Annex 1, called Part M describes the technical requirements for all aircraft below 5.7 tons

Part M is very bureaucratic and will increase the cost of maintenance

Europe Air Sports, the EGU as well as many national Federations and Aero Clubs have rejected Part M in their comments to NPA 7/2005

At a workshop organised by EAS on 4 and 5 Nov in Cologne, EASA has accepted to re discuss Part M (see below MDM 032)

Licensing

In May 2004 EASA has published the NPA 2/2004, with a draft of ER Licensing and 15 questions to the ‘stakeholders‘ (do recreational pilots need a licence, which kind of medical, which kind of IRs ?

The EGU proposed a recreational licence that allows free movement across Europe. Air sports organisations should be allowed to issue this licence. Medical standard may be different from the ICAO Class 2 Standard. Assessment of medical fitness by General Practitioner

EASA and the Commission have accepted this idea. The draft of the amended Reg 1592 will be submitted to the Parliament

Operations

In NPA 2/2004 EASA has also published Essential Requirements on Operations (low level)

EGU has asked EASA to lay down no Implementing Rules for gliding

In their Opinion EASA proposed to keep the IRs at high level ( JAR Ops 0) for all air sports

In COM 579 the Commission has accepted this proposal which is now included in the draft of the amended Reg 1592 submitted to the Parliament

EGU studies a harmonisation of the most important gliding procedures (EGU-internal recommendation)

EGU is also collecting statistics on accident

OperationsEGU accident statistics

OperationsEGU accident statistics

MDM 032

EASA will publish soon the ToR of Multi Disciplinary Measure (MDM) 032

Working group in charge of developping a concept for the regulation of aircraft other than complex motor powered aircraft, used in non commercial activities

Develop the concept (similar to LSA ?) Develop IR’s for the recreational PPL (->NPA) Develop IR’s for the operations (->NPA) Rethink the implementation means today

applied in airworthiness (Opinion and NPA) If needed propose a modification of Annex II of

Reg 1592 (Opinion) Start of work March 06, Opinions due in March 2007, NPA in Sept. 2007

Airspace (1)

In 2003 Eurocontrol was given a mandate by the EU to harmonise the airspace structure in Europe ( Project Single European Sky) in the future there will only be 3 categories of airspace: I(ntended), K(nown) and U(nknown), later I and U only

The EGU was involved in the discussions and has sent a position paper

Upper Division Level: FL 195. According to ENPRM 05-0012 the airspace above FL 195 is Class C in most countries (i.e open to VFR flying)

Lower Division Level (FL Z): decided on national basis => Status Quo

Airspace (2)

See and Avoid, the basic principle of VFR is as valid as ever (see Dutch report)

We need to keep enough Class G airspace But we need also to avoid Class E to become

Class D airspace ! The EGU has requested ICAO to consider the

abolishment of the requirement for VFR-VFR traffic information in Class D airspace (TMZ)

Fees and charges: VFR will not be charged for ATC

Airspace (3)

Low Power transponders 8.33 kHz radios ADS-B FLARM UAV‘s

If help needed about airspace contact: M. Felten (EAS) or F. van Haaff (EGU)

Conclusion

EASA has a positive attitude towards Air Sports They have realized that they cannot regulate

Sport Aviation like Commercial Aviation They are ready to accept a large degree of self

management We are recognised as competent partners (they

need us) Problem: lobbying by CAA and AME

More info on: www.egu-info.org