The European Gliding Union and the Harmonisation of European Regulations in Aviation by the EASA EHPU General Conference Zürich, 18 February 2006

The European Gliding Union è The EGU was founded in 1993 in Strasbourg è We aim to represent the European glider pilots on the European level è We deal only with regulations, not with sports issues è We are independent of the FAI and of the IGC è We are member of EAS and collaborate closely with them è 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) è In July 2002 the EU Council and Parliament have decided to apply common rules to aviation and to establish EASA è Objective: ensure a high and uniform level of protection of the European citizen and facilitate free movement of goods persons and services è Basic regulation of EASA is Regulation (EC) 1592/2002 è EASA regulations are not converted into national laws and apply directly è EASA operational since September 2003 è EASA is located in Cologne è Website:

The Basic Regulation 1592 è Principles (scope, objectives, definitions) è Substantive requirements (basic principles, applicability, airworthiness, environmental protection, operations and licensing, recognition of certificates, etc…) è Organisation of EASA (tasks, internal structure, working methods, financial requirements, final provisions) è 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 è Aircraft excluded from the European regulations: è 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 è 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) è An EGU request to have light gliders (MTOM < 300kg and 450kg) exempted like ultralights aeroplanes has been declined è Certain types of ultra light aircraft subject to European Rule ? è In the new version of Reg the exemption also applies to licensing and operations !

Rulemaking Procedures è Rulemaking Directorate (Dir. C.Probst) è Essential Requirements (ER), adopted by the EP è Implementing Rules (IR), adopted by the EC è For any change EASA issues a Notice Per Amendment (NPA) è Stakeholders (we!) must be consulted è Independent evaluation of the answers è EASA issues a Co mment Response Document (CRD) è EASA issues an Opinion with a draft of new regulation è ER submitted to the EC then to the Parliament è IR drafted by an expert group and submitted to the EC è Publication of the new regulation in the OJ

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

Certification è Certification is regulated by Regulation (EC) 1702/2003 which is already in force è Benefit: an aircraft certified in one country is certified de facto in all other EU countries è The approval regulations for gliders has been copied directly (JAR 22 = CS 22 ) è Engines and propellers of SSG and SLG remain in CS 22 è According to Part 21 all instruments installed in a glider must have an EASA form 1 è This is a problem for some instruments (variometers, GPS, PDA’s) è EASA has accepted to consider these equipments as standard parts not requiring a form 1

Maintenance è Maintenance is regulated by Regulation (EC) 2042/2003, which is already in force for commercial aviation è Will be valid for sports aviation per 28 September 2008 è Annex 1, called Part M describes the technical requirements for all aircraft below 5.7 tons è Part M is very bureaucratic and will increase the cost of maintenance è 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 è 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 è 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 ? è 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 è EASA and the Commission have accepted this idea. The draft of the amended Reg 1592 will be submitted to the Parliament

Operations è In NPA 2/2004 EASA has also published Essential Requirements on Operations (low level) è EGU has asked EASA to lay down no Implementing Rules for gliding è In their Opinion EASA proposed to keep the IRs at high level ( JAR Ops 0) for all air sports è 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 è EGU studies a harmonisation of the most important gliding procedures (EGU-internal recommendation) è EGU is also collecting statistics on accident

Operations EGU accident statistics

MDM 032 è EASA will publish soon the ToR of Multi Disciplinary Measure (MDM) 032 è Working group in charge of developping a concept for the regulation of aircraft other than complex motor powered aircraft, used in non commercial activities è Develop the concept (similar to LSA ?) è Develop IR’s for the recreational PPL (->NPA) è Develop IR’s for the operations (->NPA) è Rethink the implementation means today applied in airworthiness (Opinion and NPA) è If needed propose a modification of Annex II of Reg 1592 (Opinion) è Start of work March 06, è Opinions due in March 2007, NPA in Sept. 2007

Airspace (1) è 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 è The EGU was involved in the discussions and has sent a position paper è Upper Division Level: FL 195. According to ENPRM the airspace above FL 195 is Class C in most countries (i.e open to VFR flying) è Lower Division Level (FL Z): decided on national basis => Status Quo

Airspace (2) è See and Avoid, the basic principle of VFR is as valid as ever (see Dutch report) è We need to keep enough Class G airspace è But we need also to avoid Class E to become Class D airspace ! è The EGU has requested ICAO to consider the abolishment of the requirement for VFR-VFR traffic information in Class D airspace (TMZ) è Fees and charges: VFR will not be charged for ATC

Airspace (3) è Low Power transponders è 8.33 kHz radios è ADS-B è FLARM è UAV‘s è If help needed about airspace contact: M. Felten (EAS) or F. van Haaff (EGU)

Conclusion è EASA has a positive attitude towards Air Sports è They have realized that they cannot regulate Sport Aviation like Commercial Aviation è They are ready to accept a large degree of self management è We are recognised as competent partners (they need us) è Problem: lobbying by CAA and AME è More info on: