Flight Safety Information October 6, 2010 - No. 205 In This Issue New European Rules Target U.S. Pilots, Aircraft American recalling 800 flight crew: UK CAA appoints new group director ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New European Rules Target U.S. Pilots, Aircraft AOPA says a new regime of rules proposed by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) "has potentially devastating implications for the U.S. general aviation manufacturers and for the U.S. flight training industry." EASA intends to adopt a wide-ranging series of amendments to rules that appear to particularly affect those holding U.S. pilot certificates and aircraft registered in the U.S. but resident in Europe. "It would render FAA pilot certificates and instrument ratings issued to pilots living and operating in Europe (including U.S. citizens based in and flying in Europe) effectively worthless, requiring them to essentially start over and retrain and recertify," AOPA spokesman Chris Dancy told AVweb. "It would also eliminate any advantage to owning and operating an N-number-registered aircraft in Europe." There are an estimated 10,000 pilots in Europe flying under U.S. certificates. Many of them got their training in the U.S. and a lot of flight schools cater specifically to European students. U.S. manufacturers will be hit from two directions. The rules will make U.S.-built aircraft "more difficult and expensive to own and operate," and therefore less attractive in Europe, a key market for most U.S. manufacturers, Dancy said. "And on that side of the Atlantic, it could mean a glut of N-number-registered aircraft being dumped on the market, further depressing used aircraft sales." AOPA has contacted members of Congress, the FAA and Department of Transportation to make sure they're aware of the issue. It's also supporting European aviation groups in their attempts to stop the action. http://www.avweb.com/ Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ American recalling 800 flight crew: Arpey American Airlines is recalling some 800 flight crew, a decision it attributes in part to the transatlantic tie-up with Oneworld partners British Airways and Iberia. Speaking at an event in London, chief executive Gerard Arpey said the recall included 250 pilots and 550 cabin crew. "A number of factors contributed to our ability to recall our valued employees, including capitalising on our business opportunities with BA and Iberia and continuing to strengthen our cornerstone hubs," he says. "This is exactly the kind of growth we're looking for and my hope is that trends like this will continue." Source: Air Transport Intelligence news Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UK CAA appoints new group director Iain Osborne is to join the UK CAA in the newly-created role of group director of regulatory policy. He replaces group director for economic regulation Harry Bush, who is to step down at the end of the year. Osborne is currently chief executive of the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation. In his new role at the CAA, Osborne will be responsible for implementing the UK Government's plans to change the economic regulation of airports. He will also shape the CAA's input on the debate over aviation's impact on the environment. In addition, Richard Moriarty will take up the position of director of economic regulation at the CAA. Moriarty is currently executive director for market development at the Tenant Services Authority. Osborne and Moriarty will begin their new roles in January. Source: Air Transport Intelligence news Back to Top ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Curt Lewis, P.E., CSP CURT LEWIS & ASSOCIATES, LLC