Safety Sense Leaflet: Occurrence Reporting for General Aviation The CAA have published a new Safety Sense Leaflet providing guidance on reporting safety occurrences in general aviation operations and related activity. Reporting occurrences helps continue to improve aviation safety and this publication forms part of the popular Safety Sense project which…

Leeds Bradford Airport Airspace Change Project - Stakeholder Engagement Leeds Bradford Airport have engaged Cyrrus to design new Departure and Arrival instrument procedures and manage the Airspace Change Process, in accordance with CAP1616. Cyrrus have embarked on a second stakeholder engagement stage and publsihed these documenst to stakeholders: CPJ-5692-DOC-034-LBA FASI(N)…

Advance information requirements for international General Aviation flights – government response The Government have published the consultation response for the consultation General Aviation: Advance information requirements for international flights. It covers: the background to the consultation a summary of the consultation responses the government’s proposals and next steps The full…

Revised airspace change process (CAP 1616) - Webinar Registration Earlier this month, the UK Civil Aviation Authority published our revised airspace change process, known as CAP 1616. The update to the document simplifies the guidance, improves the process for sponsors and those affected by airspace change, and makes the requirements…

New study on Electronic Conspicuity published by UK CAA A study has been published looking at how human factors affect the use of Electronic Conspicuity (EC), and what can be done to can enhance airspace safety.The research is part of progress being made on the regulator’s Airspace Modernisation Strategy Work…

Introducing the Application Form Submission Service Following on from our previously sent communication last month, we have now launched our online Application Form Submission Service on the CAA Customer Portal for existing PDF applications. Please read our Application Form Submission service blog to find out more. This is a phased…

2024 Membership Rates AOPA membership rates were last increased in 2022 for non-Direct Debit payers and payments by Direct Debit (DD) were last increased in 2019. At the last Board meeting membership rates for 2024 were reviewed against the rising costs being experienced by the business, with the inevitable conclusion…

Proposed changes to improve and strengthen the Pilot Medical Declaration system The UK Civil Aviation Authority has proposed changes to improve and strengthen the Pilot Medical Declaration (PMD) system for general aviation (GA) pilots. The Pilot Medical Declaration scheme was introduced in August 2016 to offer pilots a simplified way…

Revised CAP1616 airspace change process From the CAA: The UK Civil Aviation Authority has today published its revised CAP1616 airspace change process. The package of improvements makes the airspace change process easier to understand and clarifies the requirements needed to be met to progress an airspace change proposal.Our improvements focus…

Reminder: Less than six months until EC Rebate Scheme closes The Department for Transport funded EC Rebate Scheme is nearing its end, with the application window closing on 31 March 2024. The scheme aims to improve airspace safety by encouraging the adoption of EC devices that enhance situational awareness for…