Europe's Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) umbrella is no more. As of April 8 the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)  officially took over the operations and licensing responsibilities formerly conducted by the authorities. For the time being,  EASA will regulate using the Joint Aviation Requirements (JARs), but these will be absorbed into EU law by around 2012. The only role JAA will retain at its Hoofddorp base near Amsterdam will be to provide training for national aviation authorities' staff of non-EASA states that have been voluntary JAA members.

  ECAC press release

Aircraft manufacturers are increaseingly using domestic and foreign parts and system suppliers to reduce their manufacturing costs and spread risks among multiple partners.

The following report presents the results of the audit of the Federal Aviation Administration`s (FAA)  oversight of aircraft manufacturers` quality assurance systems for suppliers.


 Web File: Final Supplier Report

From AEI Secretary General:

AEI is prepared to assist and co-operate in the worldwide effort to meet the industry demands for more aircraft technicians and engineers.

 Message from AEI Secretary General

WILL SAFETY BE AFFECTED?

Aviation is booming. Passenger numbers have increased significantly and the majority of industry commentators agree that the future looks bright.
Airbus in their latest report are projecting an incredible 120% increase in aircraft numbers.

 Aircraft Maintenance Engineer Shortage

Our Swedish affiliate, SFF, welcomes all members of AEI to Malmö in the south of Sweden 18-20 of September 2008.
The AEI congress will take place at Radisson SAS Hotel in the city centre.

Aviation is a growing industry, and that means manufacturers, flight schools, airlines and maintenance shops all need trained workers. To fill that need, a coalition of business and education leaders in central Florida is working on a plan to build a new aviation-themed campus at Orlando International Airport.

CYBERJAYA: There is a need to overcome the worldwide shortage of aircraft maintenance engineers (AME). Department of Civil Aviation director-general Datuk Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said the number of aircrafts has quadrupled in the past 20 years. “In order to maintain these modern aircrafts, there is a need for people with special skills and attributes,” he said at the launch of Nilai International University College’s (NUC) diploma in aircraft maintenance engineering yesterday.

The risks associated with being an Accountable Manager in aviation maintenance are only acceptable if the regulations are written and implemented to ensure no ambiguity exists.

Unfortunately EASA is bowing to commercial pressure by allowing effective Aviation regulations that are currently being drafted by the Agency to be compromised. Available Loopholes in methods of compliance are growing as more and more money managers force the industry to seek out the cheapest method of application in all aviation related areas due to relentless cost cutting (ref daily mail Aug 28 2007).