EU moves to broaden air-safety responsibilities
EU leaders are moving to expand their air-safety authority over national regulators, despite turmoil stemming from the Brexit vote and widespread public dissatisfaction with top-down mandates from Brussels. Changes proposed months before June’s referendum in which British voters opted to leave the EU would update and modestly enhance EASA’s oversight role. The agency stands to gain additional powers to police small unmanned aircraft and regulate a few other air-safety functions now typically handled primarily by national authorities. The moves weren’t seen as controversial when they were unveiled, but rather as the natural evolution of the 14-year old pan-European safety organisation. From its creation by EU members, the idea was to shift air-safety authority to EASA from individual countries. <br/>
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EU moves to broaden air-safety responsibilities
EU leaders are moving to expand their air-safety authority over national regulators, despite turmoil stemming from the Brexit vote and widespread public dissatisfaction with top-down mandates from Brussels. Changes proposed months before June’s referendum in which British voters opted to leave the EU would update and modestly enhance EASA’s oversight role. The agency stands to gain additional powers to police small unmanned aircraft and regulate a few other air-safety functions now typically handled primarily by national authorities. The moves weren’t seen as controversial when they were unveiled, but rather as the natural evolution of the 14-year old pan-European safety organisation. From its creation by EU members, the idea was to shift air-safety authority to EASA from individual countries. <br/>
