The operations committee of Europe’s Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) is pushing to get its JAR OPS 2 and 4 operating requirements adopted before the JAA is replaced by the new European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). The EASA will assume the JAA’s aircraft certification responsibilities next September.
There is now concern among both officials and industry representatives that the EASA could seek to redraft rules that have not yet been fully adopted, further delaying a process that has been in the works for almost three years and posing the threat of more stringent requirements for corporate aircraft operators. JAA operations committee official Jim Lyons told a September 27 meeting of the UK Business Aircraft Users Association (BAUA) that the creation of the EASA does pose a potential “complication.” However, he added that the acceptance of the generic JAR OPS 0 ground rules for all categories of general aviation operations should prevent “the reinvention of the wheel” by the European Commission-backed EASA.
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