EASA FTLs
When these were under consideration by the EASA they were tasked, I’m guessing by the European Commission, with examining the available scientific data. The most recent scientific data had been produced by NASA, which long after the Bader Committee, came to very similar conclusions and the NASA conclusions were used to amend the FAA FTLs.
I am not aware that the NASA work was ever considered by EASA. If it was considered it seems to have been ignored when the EASA FTLs were proposed.,
When these new regulations came before the European Parliament for their approval, the European Parliament aviation sub committee recommended that the European Parliament should not approve these proposed FTLs but the European Parliament voted in favour. Why? What was the point of having a specialist committee examine the proposed FTLs and then ignore their recommendation!
I wrote to all my MEPs. Many of those that bothered to reply agreed that the proposals were wrong but they had to vote in favour because they had to vote with the block of MEPs with whom they were aligned.
The CAA were not perfect but neither was the EASA and the European Parliament in the production of these FTLs.
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