Like
any other industry in which safety and environmental impact are major (if not
overriding) concerns, air transport is highly regulated. Perhaps the best way
of using AERADE to locate sources relating to this regulatory framework is to
browse within the regulations heading of the
Information
Centre.
A selection of the key sites to be found there includes the
following:
European
legislation
- EUR-Lex is the portal to
European Union law, covering legislation in force and new legislation as it is
enacted. It contains full text versions of all of the treaties, free access to
the C and L series of the Official Journal (for a period of 45 days after
publication), the electronic version of the legal acts in force which appear in
the Official Journal, all instruments adopted by the European institutions
pursuant to provisions of the basic treaties, legislation in preparation,
community preparatory acts, parliamentary questions and case law. The site is
available in all the official languages of the EU.
Two sections from the
EUR-Lex site which are of particular relevance to the aerospace community
are:
EUR-Lex
Directory of Community Legislation in Force and Preparatory Acts : Air
Transport. Specific areas covered include competition rules, market
operation, market access, route distribution, prices and terms, air safety,
structural harmonization, international relations, consultation procedures and
conventions with non-member countries.
EUR-Lex
Directory of Community Legislation in Force and Preparatory Acts : Aeronautical
Industry
- European
Commission : Air Transport : Legislation
The site provides access to
the text of Commission Decisions, Council Directives and Regulations, which are
listed under the headings of internal market, state aid, competition rules, air
traffic management, air safety, environment, protection of passengers, working
conditions and other.
UK regulation and
guidance
- The Department For Transport :
Aviation site provides access to many full text papers in the areas of
aviation environmental issues, air traffic forecasts for the UK, air traffic
control, aviation safety, health and consumer issues, airports, domestic,
international and links other relevant organisations such as the Air Accidents
Investigation Branch (AAIB).
- The
Civil Aviation Authority is the UK's
independent aviation regulator, with all civil aviation regulatory functions
(economic regulation, airspace policy, safety regulation and consumer
protection) integrated within a single specialist body. Many of the CAA's
publications are being made available in electronic format. The
publications site
offers print and browse access to the documents, and users may request email
notification of new and amended publications.
US sources
The
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) oversees the safety and regulation of
civil aviation and the commercial space transportation industry in the United
States. The FAA's web site provides access to a vast range of information
sources but is not necessarily the easiest to navigate. Good starting points
for locating regulatory information are as follows:
- Regulation and Rulemaking. The
FAA's Office of Rulemaking is responsible for a range of tasks including the
project management of all FAA rulemaking projects, development of national
policies on rulemaking procedures, administrative adequacy of all safety and
security regulatory material, ensuring that existing rules, regulations,
standards, policies, procedures, and program performance are consistent with
FAA goals and objectives, development of rulemaking documents, and issuance of
guidelines on Department of Transportation (DOT) regulatory
procedures.
- Regulation and Certification Group -
AVR comprises the following: Flight Standards Service; Aircraft
Certification; the Office of Accident Investigation; the Office of Aviation
Medicine; the Office of Rulemaking; and the Suspected Unapproved Parts Program.
The information resources on the AVR web site are organised between pilot and
commercial information, and passenger and consumer information. The former
includes such information resources as: Current Federal Aviation Regulations;
Preliminary Accident and Incident Data; Aviation Industry Anti-drug and Alcohol
Misuse Prevention Programs; and Aviation Safety Program. The passenger and
consumer information includes: Passenger and Airport Security; Aviation
Consumer Protection (Air Travel Tips, Problems, Complaints, etc.); and Cabin
Safety Home Page.
- The
FAA's Regulatory and Guidance Library (RGL) provides access to a set of
searchable databases which contain regulatory and aviation product information.
These include Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) and Special Federal Aviation
Regulations (SFARs) from 14 CFR both in their current version as well as
historical versions. The RGL contains certain Notices of Proposed Rulemaking
(NPRMs) and Final Rules (with all preamble explanatory material) which led to
the actual Rule changes. It also contains make/model information for all civil
aviation products including all current type certificate data sheets,
Airworthiness Directives (ADs) both final and proposed; aviation safety
Advisory Circulars (ACs) both final and draft; and Aircraft Certification
Service Orders.
Airworthiness
Other industry
sources
- Boeing Company :
Airport Noise regulation Information. This site brings together a range of
information resources which are intended to facilitate the monitoring of
airport noise restrictions and government noise regulations. It includes
information on some 600 airports worldwide, with details of APU operating
restrictions, curfews, engine run-up restrictions, noise abatement procedures,
noise budget restrictions, noise level limits, operating quotas, preferential
runways, noise monitoring systems, and noise and emission surcharges, It also
provides access to news updates, EU hush-kit regulations, a timeline and charts
of aircraft noise certification and phaseout rules/schedules. Please note that
the site provides general information on noise related restrictions. It is not
intended to be, and should not be used as, a basis for making any
business/operating decisions.
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