hi Mars,
When I say EU I'm referring to JAR-OPS. Unfortunately we have a BIG problem in Germany... we must first TRANSLATE the ammendments into German before they can be put into effect...and put into law.... and that takes forever (besides being sometimes quite wrong!). At the moment we are working only with change 1 !!! I don't even possess a draft of 2 or 3! and I hear there is a change 4 out there somewhere. You in the UK don't have this problem
So, our problem is trying to advise the heliport owners as to how to build or rebuild their sites... only to have lots of money invested which later turns out to have been possibly unnecessary.
It would be very sensible if the EASA can finally take over this... but in a sensible way. Then we no longer would have to wait for the "official" translations..... on the other hand, most of the Germans at the various authority offices don't speak or understand English... another VERY BIG problem!!
Westy