EU Ramp Inspection Programme Annual Report 2018 - 2019
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Ref. Ares(2021)636251 - 26/01/2021 Flight Standards Directorate Air Operations Department EU Ramp Inspection Programme Annual Report 2018 - 2019 Aggregated Information Report (01 January 2018 to 31 December 2019) Air Operations Department TE.GEN.00400-006 © European Union Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO9001 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Confirm revision status through the EASA-Internet/Intranet. An agency of the European Union Page 1 of 119 EU Ramp Inspection Programme Annual Report 2018 - 2019 EU Ramp Inspection Programme Annual Report 2018 - 2019 Aggregated Information Report (01 January 2018 to 31 December 2019) Document ref. Status Date Contact name and address for enquiries: European Union Aviation Safety Agency Flight Standards Directorate Postfach 10 12 53 50452 Köln Germany [email protected] Information on EASA is available at: www.easa.europa.eu Report Distribution List: 1 European Commission, DG MOVE, E.4 2 EU Ramp Inspection Programme Participating States 3 EASA website Air Operations Department TE.GEN.00400-006 © European Union Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO9001 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Confirm revision status through the EASA-Internet/Intranet. An agency of the European Union Page 2 of 119 EU Ramp Inspection Programme Annual Report 2018 - 2019 Table of Contents Executive summary ........................................................................................................................................... 5 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................... 6 2 Staffing for Ramp Inspection Coordination and Standardisation activities .............................................. 7 3 Agency coordination tasks ......................................................................................................................... 7 3.1 International exchange of information ............................................................................................. 7 3.1.1 Programme expansion ............................................................................................................... 7 3.1.2 International cooperation ......................................................................................................... 8 3.2 Ramp inspection tool ......................................................................................................................... 8 3.2.1 Database statistics ..................................................................................................................... 9 3.2.2 Ramp inspection tool enhancement ....................................................................................... 10 3.3 Regular data analysis ....................................................................................................................... 11 3.4 Priority List ....................................................................................................................................... 12 3.5 RICS Meetings .................................................................................................................................. 15 4 Regulatory Framework ............................................................................................................................ 16 4.1 Changes published in 2018 .............................................................................................................. 16 4.1.1 Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/1042 & ED Decision 2018/012/R (Alcohol testing) ......... 17 4.2 Changes published in 2019 .............................................................................................................. 17 4.2.1 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1384 ......................................................... 17 4.2.2 ED Decision 2019/007/R .......................................................................................................... 18 4.3 On-going developments .................................................................................................................. 23 4.3.1 Alcohol testing procedures ...................................................................................................... 23 4.3.2 PDF Working Group(s) ............................................................................................................. 23 5 Population inspected ............................................................................................................................... 24 5.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................... 24 5.2 Inspections on aircraft operated by operators included in the Priority List ................................... 26 5.3 Aircraft configuration ...................................................................................................................... 27 5.4 Type of operation ............................................................................................................................ 27 5.5 World coverage ............................................................................................................................... 28 5.6 Traffic coverage ............................................................................................................................... 30 6 Standardisation ........................................................................................................................................ 31 6.1 EASA Standardisation activities ....................................................................................................... 31 6.2 Continuous monitoring .................................................................................................................... 32 6.2.1 Use of PDF................................................................................................................................ 32 6.2.2 Checklist coverage ................................................................................................................... 32 Air Operations Department TE.GEN.00400-006 © European Union Aviation Safety Agency. 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An agency of the European Union Page 3 of 119 EU Ramp Inspection Programme Annual Report 2018 - 2019 7 Follow-up of ramp inspections ................................................................................................................ 39 8 Ramp inspection results .......................................................................................................................... 41 8.1 General overview............................................................................................................................. 41 8.2 Results per geographical area ......................................................................................................... 45 8.3 Results per aircraft configuration .................................................................................................... 46 8.4 Results per type of operation .......................................................................................................... 51 9 Conclusions .............................................................................................................................................. 55 10 Recommendations ............................................................................................................................... 57 Appendixes ...................................................................................................................................................... 58 Appendix A: General data overview per PS ............................................................................................... 58 Appendix B: List of States per inspected operator per year ..................................................................... 60 Appendix C: Operators inspected .............................................................................................................. 64 Appendix D: Aircraft type inspections ..................................................................................................... 110 Appendix E: Ratio per item ....................................................................................................................... 116 Air Operations Department TE.GEN.00400-006 © European Union Aviation Safety Agency. All rights reserved. ISO9001 Certified. Proprietary document. Copies are not controlled. Confirm revision status through the EASA-Internet/Intranet. An agency of the European Union Page 4 of 119 EU Ramp Inspection Programme Annual Report 2018 - 2019 Executive summary The Agency changed the format of the report in order to provide more and better analysis of the collected data, to draw conclusions and to issue recommendations for the continuous improvement of the EU Ramp Inspection Programme. Addressing two years in a single report also allowed for a comprehensive feedback on two major multi-annual projects (Manufacturer data and System Wide Coordination) which were finalised in 2019. The added safety value of the ramp inspection programme becomes clear from two elements in this report: First of all, the data analysis shows