The UK Civil Aviation Authority is seeking views on establishing a new range of advisory panels as part of a review into how it engages with industry and stakeholders.
The proposals could create new ways for stakeholders to contribute at an early stage to policy development, rulemaking and regulatory decisions, including in the realm of uncrewed aerial systems (UAS).
One proposal under consideration is the introduction of a series of Stakeholder Advisory Bodies.
Similar advisory structures are used by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and the US Federal Aviation Administration.
CAA said Stakeholder Advisory Bodies could provide a more consistent and transparent framework for engagement with the aviation community. “They could enable stakeholders to contribute earlier in the policymaking and rulemaking process, provide a more structured route for feedback and flag areas where existing regulations may be outdated.”
Subject to feedback, CAA says an advisory panel on UAS could be established in the next two years as well as panels on safety management, Air Traffic Management and Air Navigation Services (ATM/ANS), commercial aviation and others.
The programme would initially be introduced within the Safety, Airspace and Regulatory Group, with the first panels established provisionally meeting from next summer.
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