European General Aviation Safety Team EGAST What's That

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European General Aviation Safety Team
(EGAST)What's That?!
The key partnership to enhance General Aviation
safety in Europe
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EGAST within ESSIEuropean Strategic Safety
Initiative (ESSI)

• The European General Aviation Safety Initiative
  is a component of ESSI

• ESSI is a 10 year programme (2006-2016) aimed at
  improving aviation safety in Europe, and for the
  European citizen worldwidehttp//easa.europa.eu/e
  ssi/

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ESSI Structure
COORDINATION GROUP
ECAST COMMERCIAL AVIATION SAFETY TEAM
EHEST HELICOPTER SAFETY TEAM
EGAST GENERAL AVIATIONSAFETY TEAM
EGAST GENERAL AVIATIONSAFETY TEAM
WORKING GROUPS
WORKING GROUPS
WORKING GROUPS
International Partners
International Partners
International Partners
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EGASTOverview

• Partnership between EASA, other European
  intergovernmental bodies and regulators including
  NAA and the general community aiming at improving
  general aviation safety
• Co-chaired by EASA, EBAA and ECOGAS EAC
• 60 organisations 20 in the Core Team

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EGAST layers

• EGAST Level 1 the Core Team
• Runs the initiative
• Sets up the foundation documents and work program
• EGAST Level 2
• Around 65 participants
• Community of interest

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EGASTOverview

• EGAST foundation meeting, 17 Oct 07
• More than 160 invites, 65 participants
• Need to set up a European General Aviation Safety
  Team confirmed
• EGAST coordinates with
• National initiatives, such as IASA in France
• GA JSC by FAA

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EGAST Objective

• EGAST will promote and initiate for all sectors
  of General Aviation best practices and awareness
  in order to improve safety, thereby reducing the
  accident rates.

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EGASTEmerging themes

• 1. Safety promotion and sharing
• Risk awareness, decision making enhancement for
  pilots (and maintenance)
• LOC, VFR in IMC, Weather
• CFIT
• Human Factors
• Other
• Proactive Safety identification of emerging and
  future risks for GA
• 2. Data collection and analysis
• Interfaces with EASA research

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European General Aviation Safety Team

• EGAST contacts
• James Black
• ECOGAS, Co-Chair of EGAST
• Eric Mandemaker
• EBAA, Chief Executive Officer, co-Chair
• John Vincent
• EASA Safety Analysis and Research Dpt Head,
  co-Chair
• john.vincent_at_easa.europa.eu
• Tel [phone]
• Michel Masson, PhD
• EASA Safety Action Coordinator, co-Secretary
• michel.masson_at_easa.europa.eu
• Clement Audard
• EASA Safety support Action Coordinator,
  co-Secretary