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[IO540]

The European Aviation Safety Agency’s mission is to promote the highest common standards of safety

That is self evident booooloxxx and even EASA has long given up pretending it is the case.

If it was true, they would not be shafting thousands of foreign licensed pilots with a blatently political decree.

[172driver]

Good grief - and here I was thinking hum's post was a spoof. Until I clicked the link.

In the EUssR fact IS stranger than fiction.....

[Whopity]

The European Aviation Safety Agency’s mission is to promote the highest common standards of safety and environmental protection in civil aviation.

Alison, I suggest you read your own website. Its obvious that EASA has no idea what its Mission is.

The Agency’s mission is twofold
It shall provide technical expertise to the European Commission by assisting in the drafting of rules for aviation safety in various areas and providing technical input to the conclusion of the relevant international agreements.

In addition:

the Agency has been given the power to carry out certain executive tasks related to aviation safety, such as the certification of aeronautical products and organisations involved in their design, production and maintenance.

All of this is from your website; Clear signs of Schizophrenia

[Whopity]

and here I was thinking hum's post was a spoof

It probably is, look at the Location! Sent to anyone on the EASA circulation list.

[proudprivate]

Why EASA is really doing a rulemaking survey...

In the EUssR fact IS stranger than fiction.....

I don't think that is particularly surprising. EASA has been on the receiving end of a lot of flack lately, and given the fact that Jules Kneepkens, who incidentally makes about € 15K + € 3K in benefits net a month (reference here), feels particularly concerned about the political stir, an initiative like this is meant as a backside cover at the taxpayer's expense.

Responses are likely to be selective and more benign than what was sent by a lot of participants in this forum and other to MP's, MEP's and Transport Ministers. So when confronted with complaints from any of those three, he can then waive his little survey statistic saying "Hey I'm not doing so bad after all".

The fact that resources like Alison Kerr are being used to compile this nonsense is proof that EASA, in contrast to spurious claims by bookworm, isn't understaffed at all. It might be that not enough competent expert people are working there, so that the workload for some is excessive. But even then, the modus operandi is so inefficient that one would prefer a shakedown before engage 50 more agents.

After all, would you like your pension age to be increased by another 2 years or so to pay for Mr Kneepkens' pension ?

[homonculus]

Like many others I know, I thought this email was indeed a spoof and deleted it as soon as I got it. I suspect the response will be rather feeble as a result