House Republicans Worry EASA Is Changing Cert Approach
Republican
leaders on the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee are
expressing concern that EASA may be considering approaches to
certification that are contrary to bilateral agreements. In a letter last week
to U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Reps. Sam Graves (R-Missouri)
and Garret Graves (R-Louisiana) cited EASA Director-General Patrick Ky’s
statements made before the European Parliament’s Committee on Transport and
Tourism in January that EASA “will increase our level of involvement [and]
our level of independent review of U.S. projects in order to build our own
safety assessments.”
The
lawmakers worry that this statement is being interpreted to mean that EASA
“intends to move away from the established practice of relying on the
FAA for the certification of U.S. aircraft and products, and…will assert a
more independent role in clearing their airworthiness.” They further fear
these changes are intended to apply to all U.S. aircraft and products,
regardless of existing practices under the U.S.-EU Bilateral Aviation Safety
Agreement (BASA). “His statement appears to unilaterally undermine the core
premise of the BASA, which is based upon reciprocity between comparable
certification systems,” the lawmakers said.
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