Safety Assessment of Foreign Aircraft ProgrammeA European Approach to Enhance Global Aviation Safety9789490947934 | 1 edition, 2013 |
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Description
This book features the European approach to enhance global aviation safety. The EU SAFA programme, with its legal basis in Directive 2004/36/EC, will focus on air carrier operational performance and compliance. Its main objective shall be to establish and maintain a high uniform level of aviation safety to protect the interests of European citizens. In recent decades civil aviation has been one of the world’s leading economic growth sectors. To control civil aviation safety records, the European Union is focusing on enhancing safety by ensuring that air operators and aviation oversight authorities shall fully comply with international safety standards defined by the Chicago Convention. Deregulation, emerging low-cost air carriers and subsequent fierce competition are forcing air carriers with heavy financial commitments closer to the neglect of safety. In addition, there is concern that the tremendous increase in civil air traffic, particularly through the participation of third-country aircraft, that would not or insufficiently meet the minimum safety standards and consequently might pose a potential safety threat, could lead to an increase in the number of fatal accidents. Safety assessment of foreign aircraft and inclusion of defaulting air carriers on the EU blacklist are instruments to counteract adverse safety deterioration. This publication is aimed at academics, involved in air law research, government authorities, airline experts and practising lawyers.
Target group
Practitioners in the field of air law, government authorities and airlines.
"This book is very informative and deserves attention of governmental authorities, airlines, practicing lawyers, academics and - last but not least - the media" Michael Milde
Author's information
Ronald Schnitker has worked in the field of aviation law enforcement for over 30 years. He served as Commanding Police Officer at the Aviation Investigation Department of the Dutch National Police Force, and later as Director Legal Affairs at Eindhoven Airport, and is currently working as an independent lawyer. In April 2011 he was appointed Vice-President of the Royal Netherlands Aeronautical Association. He has published widely, particularly on Enforcement of Aviation Law. Ronald Schnitker is chief editor of Journaal Luchtrecht, a Dutch Aviation Law magazine. He has been assigned by the Netherlands Civil Aviation Authority as an expert on theoretical Aviation Law examinations. He obtained a juris doctor degree from the University of Tilburg.
Dick van ‘t Kaar has worked in the aviation industry for over 44 years. He is a former Royal Netherlands Air Force helicopter and jet fighter pilot officer and instructor. In 1977 he joined the world of civil aviation and has logged more than 23,000 flying hours. During his flying career as a senior captain B747 at KLM/Martinair he studied International Law at the Open University in the Netherlands, where he earned his degree of Master of Laws. Dick van het Kaar was also member of the Appeal Council of the Dutch Airline Pilots Association and is author of several Aviation Law-related essays, books and articles in various international Air and Space Law journals. Since July 2009 he has been associated with historic aircraft restoration projects at the Dutch National Air and Space Museum.
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