Re: Good news: Kicking out of N-reg aircraft (from the UK) postponed [Archive]

NoSpam

November 8th 06, 06:39 PM

Peter wrote:
> NoSpam > wrote:
>
>> If you haven't already done so you may enjoy reading this recent report
>> on the CAA by the Transport Select Committee (note comments on EASA):
>> http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmselect/cmtran/809/809.pdf
>
> That is a 360 page document; presumably you are thinking of this
> snippet
>
>> Relationship with the Department for Transport
>
>> 21. Several witnesses told us there was a need for a greater degree of integration and coordination
>> between the CAA and the Department for Transport. The Airport Operators
>> Association told us that, in conducting a recent consultation on bringing foreign-registered
>> aircraft into the UK, the Department had failed to discuss the likely costs of the associated
>> regulatory requirements with the CAA, and had therefore estimated the cost to be £0.25
>> million when the real cost was more likely to be “in the order of tens of millions of
>> pounds.”32 It argued that it was important both that CAA specialists were given the
>> opportunity to contribute to Government thinking, and that Department officials had a
>> thorough understanding of the CAA’s regulatory approach and practice. It called for
>> greater efforts towards joint working and the earlier involvement of the CAA in policymaking.
>
> Since the CAA makes a big thing of being a consultant to the UK Govt
> on all aviation matters, what happened here? I don't think the CAA can
> wash its hands of this one and just blame the DfT. They *brief* the
> DfT.
>

It was pages 55-59 (and the conclusions) that caught my eye, but
somewhere they're fairly scathing about EASA and suggest that no further
handover of responsibility should occur until the EASA problems are
resolved (can't recall exact words or location but they leapt out when I
scanned through it.)

Dave