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EASA Opens Consultation on Revised Special Condition VTOL Means of Compliance
The European aviation safety regulator is giving VTOL aircraft developers and other interested parties another chance to comment on the proposed means of compliance for certifying new aircraft under its Special Condition VTOL rules.

EASA this week launched another round of consultation on its proposed means of compliance (MOC) for its Special Condition for VTOL aircraft type certification. The European aviation safety agency published the second version of its consultation document and is giving interested parties until Aug. 30, 2021, to submit comments.

This second MOC publication includes new proposed means of compliance for developers of VTOL aircraft, as well as supplements and amendments to the first set of proposals that were published in May 2020. Neither the Special Condition VTOL, which was first published in July 2019, nor the first set of MOC proposals has been reopened for consultation. Following the new round of consultation, EASA intends to issue a final set of MOCs in a third version of the MOC SC-VTOL document.