Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

FAA AIR-600-19-DM01 Deviation to FAA Orders and Policy to Address Training, Oversight, and Renewal Requirement Due Dates for Certain Designees Impacted by the December 2018 Lapse in FAA Funding

This memorandum provides a deviation to the training, oversight, and renewal requirement due
dates identified in FAA Orders 8000.95,8100.15,8900.1, 8900.2, and 8100.8, and FAA policy
memorandum AIR100-17-160-PM02 and is necessary because ofthe lapse in FAA funding that
began on December 22, 2018. This deviation allows Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) and
Flight Standards (FS) personnel to extend the due date for designee recurrent training, oversight,
and renewal for those due on or after December 22, 2018, to April 30, 2019.

FAA AC_119-2A Operational Use of Radio Frequency Identification Systems Onboard Aircraft

This AC provides aircraft operator guidance on the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) devices and systems in operational and maintenance environments as an alternative means of performing specific maintenance and inspection tasks in accordance with 14 CFR parts 43, 91, 121, 125, 129, and 135. This AC limits its scope to aircraft RFID applications, where RFID tags are installed directly on aircraft, parts, and components to verify identification, serviceability status, or presence.

EPAS_2019-2023 The European Plan for Aviation Safety

The European Plan for Aviation Safety (EPAS) is built on a proactive approach to support the future
growth of aviation while securing a high and uniform level of safety for all Member States (MSs). This
proactive approach allows the European Commission (EC), the European Aviation Safety Agency
(EASA) and MSs to take the necessary actions at the right time in order to prioritise the risks to be
managed and to face the challenges posed by the increasing complexity and continued growth in civil
aviation, as well as to ensure safe, secure and environmental friendly implementation of new business
models and new technologies.
EPAS is consistent with the goals and objectives of the Global Aviation Safety Plan (GASP) to enhance
the level of safety in aviation and to support MSs in fostering mature safety management capabilities.
This EPAS edition captures the GASP goals under a new vision:
‘achieve constant safety improvement within a growing aviation industry’
The overall safety objective is to maintain and whenever feasible to further improve the present safety
performance level of the European aviation system in the face of upcoming changes. In the field of air
traffic management (ATM), the performance ambitions adopted with the ATM Master Plan (ATM MP)1
reflect this overall objective.
The 2019-2023 EPAS edition integrates safety information from various sources, such as the Annual
Safety Review (ASR), the Standardisation Annual Report (SAR), and the ATM MP, which is the European
plan implementing the Global Air Navigation Plan (GANP). The objective is to obtain an overarching,
consolidated aviation safety picture at European level, supporting the prioritisation of safety actions.
More specifically, as safety is the highest priority for the implementation of the European ATM MP,
this EPAS edition embraces European actions stemming from the ATM MP. It thus establishes an initial
alignment with the ATM MP.
This EPAS edition reflects the new priorities agreed for the implementation of the new Basic
Regulation (NBR), which entered into force on 11 September 2018. The related implementing rules
will be aligned accordingly over the following years. The precise scope as well as the near-term
priorities for 2019-2021 were agreed at the June 2018 EASA Management Board (MB) meeting, on the
basis of a roadmap defining on the one hand how the work ahead to adapt to the NBR will be
addressed and on the other hand setting related priorities for EASA rulemaking. While certain NBR
provisions were already considered under the 2018-2022 EPAS edition, the NBR prioritisation has a
major impact on this EPAS edition.
As an integral part of the NBR roadmap, EASA will provide MSs with targeted support in order to
complement the Standardisation activities and to reinforce the common understanding and
implementation of the European aviation safety regulations, thus enabling a robust and harmonised
European aviation system.