What is the EBAA’s latest update regarding EASA rulemaking?
Humphries: I think it’s a bit of a mess but EASA is obviously working to incredibly tight time-scales, and at least realizes that there will be a need for transition measures. New laws will come in April 2012, but to be honest, whether they’re going to be new EASA Rules or transition measures carried on from EU-OPS we don’t know. We have a good relationship with EASA and haven’t taken up the confrontational style that the airlines have. We’re co-operating. One of the most exciting developments is the work we’ve been doing on Flight and Duty Time Limitations; one of our best-ever working groups has developed a set of Flight and Duty Time Limitations tailored to business aviation and taking the best practice from each of the 27 member States. We’ve been sharing this with EASA all the way, and EASA seems to like it because we have totally different requirements from commercial airline operations. With the airlines, their biggest problem is fatigue because they’re flying 900 hours a year,
