The ECAST Team is composed of EASA, other European regulators and representatives of the European aviation industry. The ECAST Members having signed the ESSI Pledge agreed to:
- be equal members within the ESSI;
- commit to providing, in partnership reasonable resources to ensure that this initiative is effective and
- take reasonable actions necessary to enhance safety within our own organisations as a result of ESSI recommendations, guidance and solutions in the ESSI area(s) in which we participate (commercial aviation, rotorcraft and/or general aviation).
As stated in the Terms of Reference, the plenary Team shall be co-chaired by a member of the Regulator and a member of the operator:
| John Vincent, Deputy Director for Strategic Safety and head of Safety analysis and research, EASA | Capt. Bertrand de Courville, Corporate Safety Department, Airfrance, representing IATA |
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The ECAST Members
Airlines and airlines representatives
European Regions Airline Association (ERA)
Association of European Airlines (AEA)
International Air Carrier Association (IACA)
East European Air Transport Association
ACG Air Cargo Germany GmbH
Aer Lingus
Alitalia
British Airways
Air France
Luxair
Lufthansa
NetJets Europe
easyJet Airline Company Limited
Monarch Airways
Thomson Airways
Regulators
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) United Kingdom
Direction de l’Aviation Civile of Luxembourg
Direction Générale de l’Aviation Civile (DGAC) France
Ente Nazionale per l’Aviazione Civile (ENAC)
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) US
Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) Switzerland
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
Irish Aviation Authority (IAA)
Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management (CAA NL) Netherlands
Spanish State Aviation Safety Agency (AESA)
Swedish Transport Agency, department of Civil Aviation
Aircraft Manufacturers
Boeing Research & Technology Europe
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
EADS Deutschland
Bombardier
NG Aircraft
Embraer Aviation International
Other
Airports Council International (ACI)
Airsight GmbH
Alenia Aeronautica S.p.A.
BAA Central Airside Operations
Baines Simmons Limited
Bureau d’Enquêtes et d’Analyses pour la Sécurité de l’Aviation Civile (BEA) France
COPAC Spanish Professional Pilot Association
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR)
EUROCONTROL
European Business Aviation Association (EBAA)
European Cockpit Association (ECA)
European Transport Safety Council (ETSC)
European Society of Aerospace Medicine (ESAM)
Flight Safety Foundation (FSF)
Flystar Astraeus
GAPAN
Honeywell
International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Association (IFATCA)
International Federation of Airworthiness (IFA)
Interstate Aviation Committee (IAC)
Italian Flight Safety Committee (IFSC)
National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR)
National Air Traffic Services (NATS)
Rolls-Royce
Servisair
Shell Aircraft International
TAP Maintenance & Engineering
UK Flight Safety Committee
RAeS
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.
VNV, (Dutch Alpa)

