EASA calls for more proactive approach to aviation regulation

Aviation regulation is not keeping up with the fast pace of change in the air transport industry and needs to become more responsive to the changing operational environment, EASA executive director Patrick Ky said. “The aviation industry is extremely innovative, in particular in finding new business models to be able to grow and improve operations," he said. “What we see more and more is that the traditional way of regulating those new business models can no longer apply. We as regulators have to find new ways to regulate, possibly finding regulatory approaches that are less dependent on the way the business is operated but more on the outcome. We need to ask these innovative new business models to show to us that they can be as safe as any traditional business model and this is not going to be easy to do.” <br/>