Stage: Final Publications
Regulatory Agency Final Publications
Draft COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …-… for the operation of sailplanes
Draft COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …-… amending Reg (EU) No 965-2012
Draft Annexes to draft COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) …-… for the operation of sailplanes
ED Decision 2017/019/R Prediction of wind shear for aeroplanes performing commercial air transport operations
The objective of this rulemaking task was to analyse the risks linked to the effect of wind shear during a take-off from, approach to and landing at an airport, and identify the appropriate mitigations. The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) concluded that no regulatory action is needed to mandate the installation of predictive wind shear systems (PWSs). Instead, EASA will develop a safety promotion initiative providing recommendations on wind-shear-related training in the context of evidence-based training (EBT) and the oversight thereof. In this framework, recommendations and guidance to voluntarily install PWSs will be further considered. The proposed way forward is expected to maintain the current level of safety.
EASA Explanatory Note to ED Decision 2017-019-R
EASA ED Decision 2017-019-R
EASA ED Decision 2017/018/R CS-25 Amendment 20; certification maintenance requirements (CMRs)
This Decision addresses a regulatory coordination issue related to harmonisation of the current EASA CS-25 and
AMC 25-19 with FAA AC 25-19A regarding certification maintenance requirements (CMRs). The specific objective is to
mitigate the risks linked to having different CMR documents with different identification means and follow-up
procedures because of the lack of harmonisation between the FAA Advisory Circular and the EASA AMC-25-19. It also
strengthens the approval of CMRs by EASA by their introduction into the airworthiness limitations section.
This Decision amends CS-25 as follows:
– Amendment of CS 25.1309 and Appendix H, in order to introduce CMRs in the Airworthiness Limitations
Section;
– Amendment of AMC 25-19 in order to improve the guidance for the identification, the selection, the approval,
and the protection in service of CMRs.
The changes made are expected to ensure better harmonisation of the CMR development process among applicants,
and the reduction of the risk of inadequate task identification and follow-up.
EASA ED Decision 2017-018-R
EASA EN to ED Decision 2017-018-R v6 (for approval)
EASA CS-25 Amendment 20
EASA CS-25 Amendment 20
EASA CS-25 Amendment 20 – Change information
FAA N_8900.434; Creation of Specialty Aircraft Examiners as an Additional Designated Pilot Examiner Type
Purpose of This Notice. This notice provides guidance to Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) aviation safety inspectors (ASI) on program policies and procedures related to Specialty
Aircraft Examiners (SAE), which are created as a new Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE) type.
SAEs include Vintage Aircraft Examiners (VAE), experimental aircraft examiners (EAE),
Vintage Flight Engineer Examiners (VFEE), Limited Aircraft Examiners (LAE), Sport Pilot
Examiners (SPE), and Sport Pilot Flight Instructor Examiners (SFIE). Additional designees may
be added to the SAE type if future needs require examiners who do not fit into the traditional
DPE types.