ACTIVITY REPORT NATIONAL OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY 2015 MINISTÈRE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT, DE L’ÉNERGIE ET DE LA MER www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr DSAC ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 FOREWORD CONTENTS ORGANISATION CHART ................................................................. 4 2015 was a year for DSAC of contrasting safety events , depending on the sector of activity, of signifi cant adaptation objectives for the industry which it was able to meet and internal managerial HIGHLIGHTS ..................................................................................... 6 objectives that it had to deal with. ASSESSING and IMPROVING SAFETY ....................................... 8 Contrasting events fi rst of all. 2015 was one of the safest ever years in modern air transport history, since there were only 4 air transport RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ...................................................... 10 accidents worldwide, and none for the French fl eet. But we were hit particularly hard by one of them: the aeroplane belonging to the low-cost airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, which crashed into the EUROPE and SAFETY REGULATIONS ........................................ 12 French Alps with 150 people on board, on 24th March 2015. The investigation showed that the co-pilot, who had been suffering from psychological problems, had caused the crash intentionally by fl ying the plane into the ground. AIRCREWS ..................................................................................... 16 DSAC is particularly involved in studying the regulatory changes which are under way, in particular for strengthening medical and psychological checks for pilots. AIRWORTHINESS and AIR OPERATIONS ................................. 20 Light aviation also had a diffi cult year, with a signifi cant increase in microlight accidents, which led us to work with the microlight federation to improve instructor training. AIRPORTS and AIR NAVIGATION .............................................. 24 2015 was also marked by the terrorist attacks in Paris: the aviation sector already had a signifi cant battery of measures to protect against threats and DSAC has played its role in strengthening checks to raise the operator security level even higher. SECURITY ....................................................................................... 28 Followed by adaptation objectives. ENVIRONMENT and SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ............. 30 Drawing all the consequences from the implementation of European regulations, in particular by simplifying our national regulations, DSAC/IR ......................................................................................... 32 contributing to European work on the new approach for light aviation, which from 2016 will see a framework which is much more adapted to this activity and fi nally preparing for the future by making an active contribution to the drafting of the future basic regulation on aviation safety in Europe were the areas where DSAC was involved on a regulatory level. We can also mention the GLOSSARY ..................................................................................... 52 launch of the conversion of French airport certifi cation to European certifi cation, which will last until the end of 2017. At the same time, major activity was also seen with UAVs, both for the updating of existing regulations using the experience of the last 4 years of strong growth in the activity, and for the preparation of future requirements for remote piloting, or work with other State departments to protect against illegal use. Finally, the promotion of aviation safety remains a major pillar in our actions. 2015 saw the implementation of the new regulations (EU) 376/2014 on the reporting, analysis and follow-up of occurrences in civil aviation, which now also apply to general aviation. A vast number of educational activities were provided to operators to make them aware of the advantages and obligations in these regulations. And fi nally managerial objectives. 2015 was the year of our commitment to the ”DSAC 2020” strategic approach and began with an examination of oversight activities and skills mobilisation. Sharing the vision of our future environment, understanding the expectations of various stakeholders, defi ning and generating understanding of the directions in which we are heading in order to prepare ourselves as best as possible; these are the activities in which DSAC managers and staff were involved this year. Over and beyond this ”news”, we have worked throughout 2015 across the full range of our core activities to increase our know-how and our overall performance. I would like to thank each and every one of my colleagues for their commitment to DSAC’s activities to constantly improve safety and work on behalf of users and the general interest and for all the work you do on a daily basis, whether in the regions or at central level. This work you do rarely grabs the headlines and we often don’t see just how important your work is until a problem happens. Patrick CIPRIANI DSAC Director 2 3 DSAC ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 ORGANISATION CHART RESOURCES MANAGEMENT LEGAL ADVISER TRAINING AND SKILLS PURCHASING AND EXPENDITURE JUNE 2016 CABINET PRINCIPAL ADVISER DIRECTOR Marie-Noëlle Louis-Valentin Stéphane LE-FOLL Olivier HAMONIC Franck LAFAGE BRISSET CABUZEL (B.I.) FRENCH WEST INDIES - FRENCH GUIANA DSAC HUMAN RESOURCES FINANCES IT SYSTEMS MANAGER OVERSIGHT RESOURCES DIRECTOR TECHNICAL ADVISER CABINET COMMUNICATION DEPUTY & REGULATION MANAGEMENT Philippe Fabienne Jean-François AND PUBLIC RELATIONS N. GUIVARC’H Marianne PHAM GATALETA (B.I.) BRYSBAERT Yannick ROBERT Marc Catherine Eddy DEPUTY BALLAND ZERROUKI BAZILE Claude EUROPEAN COOPERATION AND SAFETY REGULATION MIQUEL TECHNICAL DIRECTOR CIVIL AVIATION PERSONNEL AIRPORT SAFETY OVERSIGHT RESOURCES STRATEGY Geneviève MOLINIER & REGULATION MANAGEMENT CABINET CENTRE-EAST DSAC REPRESENTATIVE Véronique MARTIN TECHNICAL Michel Agnès DIRECTOR ADVISER Frantz CHOUT Michel EL MAARI HUPAYS Jonathan ANDRIEUX- Michel DEPUTY TO THE DIRECTOR (B.I.) AJAVON PASTRE HUPAYS Carole LENCK Pascale ROBERT AIRCRAFT AND AIR OPERATIONS EUROPEAN SAFETY OVERSIGHT ADVISER DEPUTY & REGULATION Georges THIRION EMERGING PROJECTS Patrice DESVALLEES Philippe AURADE - RESOURCES Stéphane NORTH DSAC CORCOS MANAGEMENT CABINET AIRCREWS DIRECTOR Jean-Claude OVERSIGHT Sylvie Lucette TECHNICAL CAYE & REGULATION KHATIR LASSERRE DIRECTOR ADVISER EXAMINATIONS MEDICAL Pierre BERNARD Eric STRALEC DEPUTY Martine CORBOLIOU Mireille CHABROUX René GERMA DIRECTOR Marie-Agnès GUYOMARC’H TRAINING, FLIGHT SCHOOLS OVERSIGHT RESOURCES Patrick CIPRIANI AND SIMULATORS LICENCES FLIGHT CREW ASSESSMENT & REGULATION MANAGEMENT CABINET NORTH-EAST DSAC EPN DEPUTY Sophie DIRECTOR Yves-Marie Yves-Marie Rémy Myriam LEJEUNE Christian LE MAÎTRE Bruno HALLER Muriel BELZUNCE LE MAÎTRE MERTZ MOUTOU (B.I.) MARTY AIRWORTHINESS AND AIR OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT RESOURCES & REGULATION MANAGEMENT CABINET METHODS, INDIAN OCEAN DSAC QUALITY ET COMPETENCES SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES AEROPLANE OPERATIONS DEPUTY DIRECTOR DIRECTOR Richard THUMMEL Dominique Victor Alain Lionel TECHNICAL ESPERON KADILA CAILLABET MONTOCCHIO DIRECTOR Sylvie MORALES Odile TOURRET Thomas VEZIN Gérard LEFÈVRE HELICOPTER OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT RESOURCES AIRWORTHINESS RAMP INSPECTION AND AERIAL WORK & REGULATION MANAGEMENT CABINET WEST DSAC ENVIRONMENT DEPUTY COORDINATOR Gilbert GUICHENEY DIRECTOR Jean-Pierre Maxime LECLERE Anne Stéphane Olivier Pierre-Yves Benoît PINON Laurent CHAPEAU DANTART FARCY GORIN NEVO HUERRE AIRPORTS AND AIR NAVIGATION STAFF APTITUDE OVERSIGHT RESOURCES AIRPORTS FOR AIR NAVIGATION & REGULATION MANAGEMENT CABINET SOUTH DSAC IT PROGRAMS MANAGER Solenne Valérie DIRECTOR Alain ZIANI TECHNICAL DE JULIEN Patrick CARIOU- Frédérique Philippe DIRECTOR DE ZELICOURT Marc ALVAREZ DISSET PILATE MELOUS AYOUN Frédéric MÉDIONI CERTIFICATION OF AIR NAVIGATION AIR NAVIGATION SYSTEMS SERVICE PROVIDERS AND EQUIPMENT SOUTH-EAST DSAC QUALITY DEPUTY Didier SERRANO OVERSIGHT RESOURCES DIRECTOR - STANDARDISATION - PPO & REGULATION MANAGEMENT CABINET Yves-Marie Florence LEBLOND Fanny TEJEDOR Bérioska MARCHANT TATIBOUET Valérie FULCRAND- Fathi Sami SECURITY VINCENT BENKOULA HADJI DEPUTY SECURITY METHODS OPERATIONAL CONTROL ACTIONS Nicolas LOCHANSKI SAFETY MANAGEMENT TECHNICAL COORDINATION DIRECTOR George WELTERLIN Thierry ALLAIN Cécile VERNHES Florence WIBAUX OVERSIGHT RESOURCES & REGULATION MANAGEMENT CABINET SOUTH-WEST DSAC SECURITY ACCREDITATIONS INFORMATIONS SYSTEMS SECURITY DEPUTY Christophe Anne Martial DIRECTOR DEPUTY Anne FRISCH MORNON BERTINETTI DUQUEYROIX Pascal REVEL Hélène BASTIANELLI Nathalie VEGA (B.I.) Daniel CHARPENTIER 4 5 DSAC ACTIVITY REPORT 2015 A FEW HIGHLIGHTS 10 years of Symposia Launched in 2006, Le Bourget Air Show DSAC European Aerodromes Regulation OCEANE th the 2015 symposium was the 10 edition The key event for all lovers of aviation who want to discover seminar In 2015, DSAC continued the deployment of rooms equipped st Recent years have highlighted the importance of safety in the latest aircraft, the 51 International Paris Air Show was Following the entry into force on 8th March 2014 of the IR ADR with the Océane IT system to increase the screen-based st traffi c areas, and ground handling assistance was the theme held from 15th June to 21 June 2015. Once again, this even regulation and the conversion process which was launched, theory exam offer for professional pilots then private pilots. of the 10th annual DSAC symposium on fl ight safety which was