IATA Inspection on Cyprus
This is an interesting article which appeared in today's Cyprus Mail internet edition.
Supervisor needed to inspect planes
By John Leonidou
A BILL to implement an officer to supervise the worthiness of airplanes has been unanimously approved at the House Communications Committee.
The bill, which was also approved by officials of the legal services and civil aviation, notes that an officer be placed to specifically supervise the inspection of all aircrafts to see if they are airworthy or not.
Speaking to reporters, Department of Aviation Director Iacovos Demetriou said, “It is vital that this bill be implemented because Cypriot air legislation has to be in accordance with European regulations.”
The Head of Air Safety in Cyprus, Andreas Paspallis, said that the implementation of the supervising officer was ruled after a visit from officials of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) who had noticed that the legislation on plane inspections for airworthiness were “not clear”.
Paspallis added that with the current legislation, it is the civil aviation that would have to face the music should anything go wrong with an aircraft after it has been inspected.
”The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has some new regulations which contradict the civil aviation laws and of which needed to be amended. For example, that supervising officer would be responsible for the maintenance of the aircraft and would also be responsible should the aircraft pose a fault. As things stand now, it is the civil aviation that would be responsible if something was to go wrong with an aircraft.”
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