Contributor - Accidents and Regulations

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Gordon Gilbert

A <a href="https://www.easa.europa.eu/system/files/dfu/NPA%202016-12.pdf">Notice of Proposed Amendment</a> (NPA) from EASA aims to establish a “level playing field” for both commercial and non-commercial operators applying for approval to use electronic flight bags (EFBs). “This level-playing-field issue is linked with the following current conditions: there are now no provisions for the use of EFBs in non-commercial aircraft operations, and the current ICAO provisions for EFBs, applicable since November 2014, have not yet been codified into the European regulatory framework,” it said.

 


The specific objectives of this proposal are to ensure compliance with the ICAO standards and recommended practices; provide specific requirements on the use of EFBs in the air operations regulations for commercial air transport operations; provide requirements proportionate to the complexity of the operations and/or propose safety promotion actions related to the use of EFBs for non-commercial operations and specialized operations; and conduct a first review of AMC 20-25 25 based on the experience gained so far by authorities since its publication. Published in 2014, AMC-20-25 provides an acceptable means of compliance to obtain airworthiness approval for use of EFBs.

 


A new implementing regulation (IR) related to the use of EFBs is included in the NPA. This IR is mostly focused on the hardware part of the EFB, but also mandates that an approval must be in accordance with specific operations. A new AMC to go with the new IR is also proposed. According to EASA, the new AMC is a “transposition with only minor changes to the related content of AMC 20-25.”

 


Other changes proposed deal with airport moving map displays, the proper mounting placement for the EFB, power source, data connectivity, external connecting cables, EMI negativity demonstrations, batteries, viewable stowage, crashworthiness, software applications, user application process, display characteristics, environmental testing, database updating and operational testing.

 


Comments on the NPA are due by Jan. 6, 2017. A regulatory opinion is scheduled to be rendered by the second quarter of 2018 and a final rule published by the second quarter of 2019.

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