EASA ‘LAST MINUTE.COM’

3 February 2014This year’s deadline for switching to EASA AOC regulations could see many operators in a last minute panic, an industry insider has warned. All UK operators which wish to carry out training following a failure of a candidate or retrain a pilot who has expired will have to acquire an ATO approval by the end of April or run the risk of using an ATO over which they have little control. Full EASA-OPS compliance has to be in place for AOCs by October, following the entry into force of European regulations in 2012 that now supersede national law. However, it seems that many