Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

FAA NPRM Operation of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Over People (FAA Docket No. FAA-2018-1087; Notice No. 18-07)

The FAA proposes to amend its rules applicable to the operation of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). This rulemaking would allow operations of small unmanned aircraft over people in certain conditions and operations of small UAS at night without obtaining a waiver. It would also require remote pilots in command
to present their remote pilot in command certificate as well as identification to certain Federal, State, or local officials, upon request, and proposes to amend the knowledge testing requirements in the rules that apply to small UAS operations to require training every 24 calendar months. This proposal would be the
next phase in integrating small UAS using a risk-based approach. These amendments would allow expanded small UAS operations and reduce the
knowledge testing burden on remote pilot in command certificate holders.

ED Decision 2019/002/R Update of AMC and GM to Part-MED and Part-ARA

This Decision addresses efficiency/proportionality as well as safety issues related to Annex IV (Part-MED) to Commission
Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011. As both rulemaking tasks (RMTs), RMT.0287 and RMT.0700, amend the provisions
prescribed in Part-MED, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) decided to merge the outcome of the respective
consultations and publish one ED Decision on the update of Part-MED and applicable parts of Part ARA to prevent any
inconsistencies that may emerge during the rulemaking process.
The specific objectives of RMT.0287 are to solve the consistency issues, close the loopholes in the rules, as identified
through the implementation experience, as well as keep the requirements up to date with the new developments in the
field of medicine in order to ensure that they are fit for purpose and can be implemented in practice.
The objective of RMT.0700 is to address the recommendations issued by the EASA-led Germanwings Task Force on the
accident of the Germanwings Flight 9525 and the related safety recommendations issued by the Bureau d’Enquêtes et
d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation Civile (BEA).
In summary, the amendments introduced are expected to improve the level of safety by providing further clarification and
guidance regarding:
— medical examination for applicants for and holders of class 1 certificates by including drug and alcohol screening and
comprehensive mental health assessment as well as improved follow-up in case of medical history of psychiatric
conditions;
— medical examination for applicants for and holders of class 2/light aircraft pilot licence (LAPL) medical certificates as
well as cabin crew medical reports including operating pilot restriction limitation (ORL) for class 2 pilots and
clarification for insulin-treated diabetes for cabin crew;
— decrease of medical fitness and use of different types of medication;
— obligations of the aero-medical centres (AeMCs) and aero-medical examiners (AMEs);
— the training, oversight and competency assessment of the AMEs in order to increase the quality of the aero-medical
examinations;
— implementation of the medical provisions in line with the new developments in the field of medicine such as
anticoagulation protocols and colour vision tests; and
— the European aeromedical data repository (EAMR).
Moreover, the amendments aim to ensure harmonisation between the requirements of Part-MED and Part ATCO.MED
(Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/340). Finally, the amendments introduced through this Decision are
expected to enhance clarity and consistency of rules in line with better regulation principles.

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.