Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA BERNARD BOURDON Accident Investigation Manager ZSÓFIA OLÁH Safety Recommendations Officer 26 March 2009 Budapest Bernard Bourdon & Zsófia Oláh European Aviation Safety Agency EASA Establishment in 2002 Operating since 2003 Location Since 3rd November 2004 Cologne 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 2 European Aviation Safety Agency EASA Member States EU 27 + 4 IS FIN SE NO EE LV DK LT IR RU UK PL NL BE DE L FR CZ SK A CH MD HU RO SI CR BA MC P 26 March 2009 E SB BG IT MK AL EL MT Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA CY Slide 3 European Aviation Safety Agency EASA Remit Based on the Basic Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 Safety regulator, certification authority & advisory body Mission: to set & maintain the highest common safety & environmental standards Method: part of the EU system with the EC and in partnership with the NAAs 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 4 European Aviation Safety Agency Rulemaking in EASA context Annex I : Essential Requirements for Airworthiness Basic Regulation Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of 20 February 2008 Regulation (EC) 1702/2003 on Airworthiness and Environmental Certification Annex (Part 21) Section A: Application Requirements Section B: administrative Procedures Appendices: EASA forms Annex II : Excluded Aircraft Regulation (EC) 2042/2003 on Continuing Airworthiness Annex I (Part-M): Continuing Airworthiness Requirements Section A: Technical Requirements Annex II (Part-145): Maintenance Organisation Approvals Appendices: EASA forms Agency Opinion Agency Opinion Section B: Administrative Procedures Annex III (Part-66): Certifying Staff Annex IV (Part-147): Training Organisation Requirements Certification Specifications Guidance Material Part 21 Parliament and Council European Commission EASA 26 March 2009 AMC 20 AMC 21 CS 25 CS 34 CS 36 CS E CS P CS APU CS AWO CS ETSO CS Definitions AMC & Guidance Material CS 22 CS 23 CS 27 CS 29 CS VLA CS VLR Part M, 145,66,147 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Agency CS , AMC & GM Slide 5 European Aviation Safety Agency EASA competency 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 6 European Aviation Safety Agency EASA Structure 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 7 European Aviation Safety Agency Certification Type-certification of parts, products and appliances Initial airworthiness Continuing airworthiness Tasks contracted out to NAAs 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 8 European Aviation Safety Agency Rulemaking Assistance to the European Commission in drafting new legislation Elaboration and adoption of Agency soft laws Co-operation in the setting of international standards 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 9 European Aviation Safety Agency Quality and standardisation Assistance to the European Commission in overseeing harmonized application of European legislation in Member States (inspections) Approval of Design Organisations For non-EU countries: Approval of Production and Maintenance Organisations Internal quality control Training 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 10 European Aviation Safety Agency Safety Analysis Safety Analysis: Conducts studies and provides reports concerning the safety of European and world-wide aviation Annual Safety Review Supporting safety policy Building dependable repositories Supporting an ECCAIRS repository @ JRC 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 11 ESSI Update August 08 European Aviation Safety Agency ESSI European Strategic Safety Initiative Coordination with COORDINATION GROUP ECAST COMMERCIAL AVIATION SAFETY TEAM 26 March 2009 CAST EHEST HELICOPTER SAFETY TEAM IHST Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA EASA Rulemaking Activities EGAST GENERAL AVIATION SAFETY TEAM FAA’s GASC Slide 12 European Aviation Safety Agency Research Based on the BR Develop and finance research Coordinate research activities Publish results Two fields Short term Defined and financed by the Agency primarily for rulemaking support Long term 26 March 2009 Financed by EU framework or national research programs Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 13 European Aviation Safety Agency Accident Investigation Unit Two Sections Accident Investigation Coordination between the Agency and the AIBs Collecting facts from ongoing investigations Follow up of ongoing accident investigations Safety Recommendations Administration of SRs addressed to the Agency Coordination of replies within the Agency Provide statistics on progress on SRs Participation in safety studies and research projects Follow up and coordination Providing input Idendify safety deficiences & disseminate related information 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 14 European Aviation Safety Agency The owner of boats for hire shouts at the waterfront: Boat number nine, your time is up, row back! His assistant warns him: But we only have eight boats. Oh, my God! Do you have any problems, boat number six? 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 15 European Aviation Safety Agency Accident investigation: The European database Two separate systems linked by a n:n relation Safety Recommendations Database ECCAIRS Database (JRC central repository) Safety analysis Notification 26 March 2009 Thematic search by Updates • Descriptive factor Reports • Explanatory factor • Text search / field Process & reply to Safety Recommendations Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 16 European Aviation Safety Agency Final SRs per year 60 50 40 30 20 10 43 44 2005 2006 54 57 2007 2008 19 0 2004 Year 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 17 European Aviation Safety Agency Final SRs addressed to EASA Safety recommendations Received - Replied - Closed v. Time 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 received 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA replied closed Slide 18 European Aviation Safety Agency Process of SRs Allocation to a unit E2 – Safety Analysis & Research for safety studies and research projects related to Safety Recommendations follow-up R – Product Safety rules and specifications for the initial and continuing airworthiness R – Flight Standard 26 March 2009 rules for the flight crew licensing and air operations Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 19 European Aviation Safety Agency Process of SRs (2) Certification Directorate (C) concentrates all certification tasks, consisting of type certification and continued airworthiness of products, parts and appliances; as well as the environmental approval of products C – Large Aeroplanes C – General Aviation C – Rotorcraft, balloons, airships C – Propulsion C – Flight Standards C – Experts section 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 20 European Aviation Safety Agency Process of SRs (3) Approvals and Standardisation Directorate (S) performs inspections, training and standardisation programmes to ensure uniform implementation of European aviation safety legislation in all Member States. It also deals with design organisations and, as appropriate, production organisations approval; foreign organisations approval; and coordinates the European Community programme SAFA (Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft) regarding the safety of foreign aircraft using Community airports S – Organizations S – SAFA coordination S - Standardisation 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 21 European Aviation Safety Agency Thematic distribution of final SRs in 2008 C - Experts Section 2% S - Standardisation 2% R - Product Safety 17% C - Flight Standards 4% C - General Aviation 12% R - Flight Standards 16% C - Large Aeroplanes 27% E - Safety Analysis & Research Department 4% C - Rotorcraft, Balloons, Airships 12% 26 March 2009 C - Propulsion 4% Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 22 European Aviation Safety Agency Process of SRs (4) Providing replies During the review of the Final Safety Recommendations, EASA classifies them in a systematic way, using the definitions of classification categories 26 March 2009 Agreement: Safety recommendation for which the safety concern is agreed by the addressee and subsequent action is planned or implemented Partial agreement: Safety recommendation considered relevant by the addressee but not applicable and for which a safety issue has been recognized and new orientation has been given to the recommended action. Disagreement: Safety recommendation considered not relevant or not applicable by the addressee No longer applicable: Safety recommendation has been superseded or has become no longer applicable. Not Responsible Safety recommendation wrongly allocated or not in the scope of responsibility of the addressee. SR has been issued to an erroneous addressee. More information required: Safety recommendation for which more information is required by the addressee before any action initiated. Additional information should be sent by the originator. Unknown: Safety recommendation which was issued before any tracking implementation status and for which insufficient information to assign any other status has been received. Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 23 European Aviation Safety Agency Categories of replies Chart 4: Categories of replies to Final safety recommendations in 2008 Partial Agreement; 11; 21% Not Responsible; 2; 4% Agreement; 26; 50% Disagreement; 13; 25% 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 24 European Aviation Safety Agency Process of SRs (5) Conclusions To be determined/Unknown Airworthiness Directive/Add-Modify RuleDirective Rule Change/Add-Modify Rule-Directive Training Issue/Training Standardisation Issue/Compliance with procedure-rule None Safety Information Notice/Information Study Inspection Add-Modify Procedure Not Responsible 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 25 European Aviation Safety Agency Concluding actions Standardisation Issue/ Compliance with procedure-rule 2% Safety Information Notice/ Information 10% Study 2% Airworthiness Directive/AddModify Directive 15% Rule Change/ Add-Modify Rule 30% Inspection 12% None 27% Not Responsible 2% 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 26 European Aviation Safety Agency Contact details Executive Directorate Safety Analysis & Research Department: Investigations Communications related to ongoing investigations investigation@easa.europa.eu Safety Recommendations Communications related to safety recommendations recommendations@easa.europa.eu EASA Ottoplatz 1 D-50679 Köln PO Box 101253 D-50452 Köln, Germany Tel: 49-221-89990000 26 March 2009 Safety Recommendations Addressed to EASA Slide 27