Stage: Final Publications

Regulatory Agency Final Publications

FAA AC 61-143 Conversion Process for Pilot Certificates in Accordance with the Technical Implementation Procedures – Licensing as Part of the Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement Between the FAA and EASA

This AC describes the procedures for converting a European Union Part-Flight Crew Licensing (EU Part-FCL) pilot license to a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) pilot certificate. It also contains information on whom to contact and where to find the process for converting an FAA pilot certificate to an EU Part-FCL pilot license. This AC describes how this conversion process is different from the process for obtaining an FAA pilot certificate issued on the basis of a foreign pilot license under Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) part 61, § 61.75 and for which the FAA certificate is limited by the foreign license.

ED Decision 2021/009/R Instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA) and Installation of parts and appliances that are released without an EASA Form 1 or equivalent

AMC & GM to Part-M, Part-145, Part-T, Part-ML, Part-CAMO and Part-CAO

Instructions for continued airworthiness (ICA)
Installation of parts and appliances that are released without an EASA Form 1 or equivalent

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/700 was adopted on 26 March 2021 and published in the OJ on 28 April 2021.

This Regulation corrects and amends Commission Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 with respect to the following topics:

  • maintenance data;
  • installation of parts without EASA Form 1; and
  • corrections of editorial errors.

The objective of this Decision is to support the application of the amendments introduced in Regulation (EU) No 1321/2014 through Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/700.

To achieve this objective, the Decision amends the Acceptable Means of Compliance (AMC) and Guidance Material (GM) to Part-M, Part-145, Part-T, Part-ML, Part-CAMO and Part-CAO.

Additionally, this Decision issues new GM for affected stakeholders to perform remotely certain audits. This GM is being issued following the accelerated procedure described in Article 16 of the EASA Rulemaking Procedure.

ED Decision 2021/010/R CS-27 Amendment 8 & CS-29 Amendment 9 ‘Installation and maintenance of recorders — certification aspects’ & ‘Human factors in rotorcraft design’

The objective of this Decision is to:

  • improve the availability and quality of data recorded by flight recorders in order to better support safety investigations of accidents and incidents involving large rotorcraft; and
  • reduce the risk of design-related human factors (HFs) errors that may lead or contribute to an accident or incident.

This Decision amends:

  • CS-29 to:
    • provide certification specifications (CSs) and acceptable means of compliance (AMC) for flight recorders performing the data link recording function,
    • introduce in the AMC for flight recorder installations new sections explaining what kinds of failures should be addressed by the applicants when developing the instructions for continued airworthiness (ICAs),
    • introduce in AMC 29.1457 a new section explaining how to perform evaluations of cockpit voice recorder (CVR) recordings, and
    • amend CS 29.1457 for CVRs to allow the use of more than four channels;
  • CS-27 and CS-29 to introduce specific requirements (i.e. CS 27/29.1302) to ensure that HFs are systematically taken into account during the design and certification process of rotorcraft cockpits.

The amendments related to 29.1457 of CS-29 are expected to increase safety without any significant economic impact, and with no environmental or social impact. They will also support large rotorcraft operators in ensuring the serviceability of flight recorders, streamlining the CS-29 certification process, thereby providing an economic benefit for large rotorcraft operators, CS-29 certification applicants, and EASA.

The amendments related to 27/29.1302 of CS-27 and CS-29 are expected to moderately increase safety, as compliance with the new CSs is expected to reduce the probability of HFs and pilot workload issues leading to an accident or incident.