Team Members and Governance

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:

  1. be equal members within the ESSI;
  2. commit to providing, in partnership reasonable resources to ensure that this initiative is effective and
  3. 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

The ECAST Members

Airlines and airlines representatives

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

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

Austro Control – Austria

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

Airbus

Boeing Research & Technology Europe

Boeing Commercial Airplanes

EADS Deutschland

Bombardier

NG Aircraft

Embraer Aviation International

Other

Aircraft Engineers International (AEI)

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)