The European Parliament decided to raise no objections
to the draft Commission regulation amending Commission Regulation
(EU) No 1178/2011 laying down technical requirements and
administrative procedures related to civil aviation
aircrew.
To recall, Commission Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011
lays down technical requirements and administrative procedures
related to civil aviation aircrew.
Some Member States have found that certain
requirements of Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 place an undue and
disproportionate administrative or economic burden on themselves or
on stakeholders and have requested derogations from certain
requirements.
A number of editorial errors leading to unintended
implementation difficulties have also been identified in Commission
Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 by Member States. Therefore, the
Commission proposed that the existing requirements should be
amended in order to introduce the derogations that have a clear
rulemaking effect and to correct editorial errors.
The proposal seeks to introduce additional
requirements for the qualification to fly in instrument
meteorological conditions and specific requirements for
sailplane cloud flying operations.
In order to ensure that instrument training or
experience gained before the application of this Regulation may be
taken into account for the purpose of obtaining these ratings, the
conditions for crediting this training, or the instrument
experience gained should be laid down.
It should be possible for Member States to give credit
for the instrument experience of a third-country rating holder if a
level of safety equivalent to that specified by Regulation (EC) No
216/2008 can be guaranteed. Conditions for recognising this
experience should also be laid down.