The objective of this Opinion is to modernise the European Union’s (EU) aviation regulatory framework applicable to helicopter emergency services and medical services.
The Opinion proposes revised requirements with regard to the following:
- flights to/from public interest sites (PISs) located in congested areas;
- helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) flights by day or by night in relation to equipment, training, operating minima, and operating site/hospital site features;
- HEMS requirements for high-altitude operations; and
- a new HEMS concept to cover mountain operations and rescue operations, other than search and rescue (SAR) operations.
The proposals put forward in this Opinion are expected to increase safety, and foster efficiency and proportionality while keeping the economic impact on HEMS operators at a minimum.
CS-26 Issue 4
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/1254 was adopted on 19 July 2022.
This Regulation amends Annex I (Part-26) to Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/640 ‘Additional airworthiness specifications for operations’ with respect to the following two topics that EASA proposed through Opinion No 01/2022:
1. Large aeroplane tyre pressure monitoring (RMT.0586);
2. Helicopter ditching and water impact occupant survivability (RMT.0120).
The objective of this Decision is to support the application of the amendments introduced into Part-26 by providing the means to comply with them as well as the related guidance material. In order to achieve this objective, this Decision amends CS-26.
This notice informs Aircraft Certification Service (AIR) employees
and managers of the transition from the Regulatory and Guidance Library (RGL) to the Dynamic
Regulatory System (DRS). Furthermore, it outlines the AIR divisions which are responsible for
uploading, publishing, and maintaining each document type.
This order restates current Flight Standards Service (FS) policy for
personnel to use as they develop and execute annual surveillance work programs; incorporates
organizational changes and policy division changes; and updates previous guidance work
activities, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommendations, Inspector General
(IG) recommendations, and congressional mandates.
This memorandum corrects the use of the term “natural person” when referring to the
amateur builder in FAA Order 8130.2J, Airworthiness Certification of Aircraft, paragraph
15-2(a).
The primary audience for this memo is Aircraft Certification Service Aviation Safety
Inspectors (ASIs), Flight Standards Service airworthiness ASIs, Designated
Airworthiness Representatives (DAR-F and DAR-T), FAA Academy Instructors, and the
public.
