As some of you will already know,the new European Air Safety Agency came into being in September.This is the European Union’s new governing body on aviation safety.
Being a mere eathbound mortal,I’m at a loss to understand all the changes that EASA are set to bring in,and what consequences it will have for the classic and Warbird movement and civil aviation as a whole.Should EASA be seen as a good thing or are tehy another bunch of busy bodies adding to our paperwork worries?
The BGA (British Glider Association) are already at loggerheads with them,and I’m wondering if problems like this are going to continue to arise and spread into other sectors of the UK aviation community.
I’ve found a couple of links whcih may be useful to those in the know,but to my untrained eye most of it’s gobbledygook.
http://www.caa.co.uk/srg/airworthiness/airworthimp/default.asp?page=1466
By: Christer - 3rd November 2003 at 00:23
Hello Ant!
The BGA (British Glider Association) are already at loggerheads with them, ……
Well, I believe that EASA is something to keep ones eyes on.
The Swedish Soaring Federation too has “taken up the glove” and it actually enjoys the support of the Swedish Aviation Safety Authority!
We have a well functioning maintenance organization based on volunteers, educated and trained by the SSF, doing the job for almost no financial compensation. EASA wants to regulate that all maintenance must be carried out by licenced companies who know absolutely nothing about gliders and even less about non-profit organizations …… 😡 …… that make gliding/soaring affordable to more people than otherwise.
I think that the national gliding/soaring organizations will join forces through the European Gliding Union and I hope that the “warbird community” will find a way to join forces because I believe that they need to.
Regards,
Christer
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November 2, 2003 at 7:56 pm