Interim Report - Introduction - EASA

INTERIM REPORT – OPTIONS FOR CHANGE – ATTACHMENT B
EASA.2009.OP.21
EC Directive 2003/42/EC 4 July 2005
DIRECTIVE ON OCCURRENCE REPORTING IN CIVIL AVIATION
Applicability: Indirect and general to all elements of the Industry.
Technically NAAs should require SPs, Fluid Manufacturers etc to “report” anything that may
impact on the safety of flight, passengers or any other person.
Options: To call for an Industry-wide review of this Directive to include the spirit of ICAO
SMS SARPS and best-practice.
Impact: All positive impacts on the improvement of safety and reduction of risk.
Clause 7
Various categories of personnel working in civil aviation observe occurrences of interest for
the prevention of accidents and should therefore report them.
Clause 8
The efficiency of detection of potential hazard would be greatly enhanced by the exchange of
information on such occurrences.
This must include de-icing / anti-icing operatives and their employers. However, does not
provide clear guidance on what types of organisations are included, nor a means to share
this data. Therefore, may not be motivating enough to implement amongst service providers.
Either operators and aerodromes can be required to collect such data from their de-icing /
anti-icing service providers, or a voluntary programme to raise awareness and offer support
can be initiated, such that this data is provided direct to the NAA, or EASA.
The reporting by personnel working for de-icing / anti-icing organisations will greatly enhance
safety by providing valuable human factors and systems data that can be analysed.
Requirements to report to operator customers will complicate the system for the providers
and introduce an element of “choice” which could be affected by contracts and politics.
Analysis by operators will be fragmented.
Requirements to report to NAAs/EASA will ensure the largest set of data from which a better
analysis can be made and mitigation measures generalised for the whole Industry. Also the
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