General Aviation

Greetings from Greece . Is there any form for General Aviation (either aeroclubs or privately owned aircrafts) that is a manifest of passengers (who , what relation and other personal details) that are used in any EU CAA Authority ? There's the good old General Declaration but beyond that is any other form imposed for passengers that embark on a training or recreational flight (NCOs in particular).

"Anybody’s CAE" (A-CAE)

Swiss FOCA and SAMA had decided on 03.12.2020 to publish the Anybody’s Combined Airworthiness Exposition (A-CAE) example document for general use – it is available on www.svfb.ch under "Regulations" and "FOCA" in Word-Doc Format.

For FOCA Mr. M. Caboussat has coordinated all internal and external inputs and changed the initial draft issued by SAMA, which was based on former published FOCA “Anybody’s CAME”.

So “have fun” to transit from M/F, 145 and M/G into the CAO, ML, M and CAMO World.

Marcel Gisel
SAMA/SVFB/ASEA
ECOGAS

The following article offers valuable insights from the GA sector in Australia. This is from a research study I conducted with a colleague. The findings can be useful more broadly, thus I wish to bring this to the attention of the EASA GA community:

Winging It: Key Issues and Perceptions around Regulation and Practice of Aircraft Maintenance in Australian General Aviation
Link to the full text: https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/7/6/84/htm

Abstract:
The very diverse character of General Aviation (GA) within Australia poses challenges for its effective management of risk and safety in the sector. Improvements for human performance and perceptions of safety within the maintenance environment are among the areas which regulators have targeted for continuous improvement.

This paper provides a timely empirical exploration of maintenance engineer perspectives around:
(1) Changes in the role of the regulator/regulation that have impacted the sector and diminished safe operations; and
(2) specific practical and operational challenges that the GA industry must deal with to sustain safe operations going forward.

A thematic analysis of transcribed qualitative data revealed five key themes and identified a number of key issues from sector changes including a decline in training and education, drift in working practices, and wider power-distance gap. Issues with auditing and bureaucratization, negative safety climate, and underlying values and philosophies were also found. Practical and operational challenges going forward included an array of concerns associated with safety, the mismatch between GA and commercial aviation, workforce development and the financial burden in the sector.

The results draw attention to the interconnectedness between various components of the GA system, and carry timely implications for regulation in the GA sector. Future research directions are discussed.