2023 February

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published 4 latest Amendments of the Easy Access Rules for Small Rotorcraft (CS-27) – Amendments 7, 8, 9 and 10.  This Revision from February 2023 incorporates the Amendments 7, 8, 9 and 10 covering the CSs and AMC for the following topics in addition to the Regular update…

As a next major step in the implementation of its AI Roadmap, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has released the Issue 2 of its Concept Paper on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), for a consultation period of 10 weeks. Article Originally Posted EASA Artificial Intelligence concept paper (proposed Issue 2) open…

Today, Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) accepted a type certification application for an aircraft under development from Volocopter GmbH. This is the third type certification application for an eVTOL in Japan and the first for a European manufacturer. Article Originally Posted EASA and MLIT announce the start of the validation of…

EASA provides regular European Central Question Bank (ECQB) updates to the National Competent Authorities (NCAs) for use in their theory exams. The latest amendment, Amendment 4, to ECQB 2022 is a major content change and marks the first step in aligning the ECQB to the new provisions on fuel management. Article Originally Posted New fuel…

EASA is in the process of coordinating the activities for initial trajectory information sharing (AF6) standardisation and readiness for implementation by the industrialisation date, 31 December 2023 as required by Regulation 2021/116. Article Originally Posted EASA supports industrialisation of initial trajectory information sharing (AF6) on EASA

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published a new revision of the Easy Access Rules for Air Traffic Management/Air Navigation Services. Article Originally Posted EASA published the updated Easy Access Rules for ATM/ANS! Revision from February 2023 is out now! on EASA

The following vacancy notices have been published on the Careers page of the EASA website:  Reference: EASA/AD/2023/002 Title / Grade: EASA Representative North Asia (AD 9) Organisational Directorate: Strategy & Safety Management Directorate Closing Date: 08/03/2023 at 23:55 hrs CET Article Originally Posted New vacancy notice at EASA: EASA Representative North Asia on EASA

The following vacancy notices have been published on the Careers page of the EASA website:  Reference: EASA/AD/2023/001 Title / Grade: Strategy & Safety Management Director (AD12) Organisational Directorate: Strategy & Safety Management Directorate Closing Date: 08/03/2023 at 23:55 hrs CET Article Originally Posted New vacancy notice at EASA: Strategy & Safety Management Director on EASA

In the European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS), EASA regularly identifies the main safety risks and other issues affecting the European aviation system and sets out the necessary actions to mitigate them. Article Originally Posted EASA publishes 12th edition of European Plan for Aviation Safety on EASA

In response to requests from numerous stakeholders, EASA has released the XML format of its Easy Access Rules. XML is a machine-readable format that can easily be processed automatically by recipients, producing output that can be included in local applications, search databases, etc. This is a big step forward towards greater efficiency and resource gains…