Congress Programme

51st Annual Congress   –  Stavanger, Norway
Revision: 1.3, 07.09.2023

Wednesday September 20. – Day 1

Time Agenda

item

 Subject Notes
09:00 – 09:40 1 1st Session

Introduction and registration

  • Presentation of EB members and delegates
  • Apologies for absence
  • Rules for congress
  • The agenda
  • Request for delegates- and observers reports
  • Nomination for open executive board positions.
  • Congress 2024 – 2026. Ask for confirmed and possible hosts
09:40 – 09:45 2 Election of a Minute Secretary
09:45 – 09:50 3 Election of congress tellers
09:50 – 10:30 4 Adoption of minutes from last year´s Annual Congress 2022 in Mauritius

  • Matters arising from last year´s congress
  • Action list from last year´s congress
  • New affiliates and the associate membership situation
10:30 – 11:00 5 Treasurer’s report 2022 (Sanjeev Coylas)
11:00 – 11:25 6 Auditors report AEI Finances 2022 (Robert Brevik)
Lunch
12:40
12:40-

13:20

 7 2nd Session

Budget for 2024 (Sanjeev Coylas and Fred Bruggeman)
13:20 – 13:50 8 Refunding to affiliates from the CRS Fund
13:50 – 14:15 Coffee break
14:15 – 15:00 9 Proposals AEI constitutional Changes

  • Information of the regulation changes
15:15 – 16:00 10 Executive Board Reports;

  • Secretary General
  • Regional Secretaries
  • PR Chairman report
16:00-16:15 11 AEI Policy update check for relevancy Bi-annual
16:15 Concluding meeting day 1
16:15-17:00 Break between meeting and trip
17:00 Transfer from hotel to harbour (Bus leaves hotel 17:00 sharp!)
17:30

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21:00

 Boat trip See information about the boat trip in the information folder.
21:30 Transfer from harbour to airport Transfer by bus

 

 

Thursday September 21. – Day 2

Time Agenda

Item

 Subject Notes
09:00 – 11:50 12 Official opening (dresscode; formal)

  • 09:00 AM – Welcome Refreshments
  • 09:15 – 09:25 AM – Start of the opening ceremony. NFO and NHF welcome you
  • 09:30 – 09:45 AM – Opening words from the mayor of Sola Municipality – Mr. Tom Henning Slethei
  • 09:50 – 10:10 AM – Address from president of AEI – Mr. Ola Blomqvist
  • 10:15 – 10:40 AM – Address from State Secretary of Ministry of Transport – Mr. Bent-Joacim Bentzen
  • 10:45 – 11:05 AM – Address from Department director Kåre Halvorsen –  Norwegian Safety Investigation Authority
  • 11:10 – 11:50 AM – Adress from EASA, Head of Maintenance and Production – Ms. Eugenia Diaz Alcazar
12:00 – 12:50 Lunch
13:00 -13:30 13 3rd Session

AEI Technical Affairs Committee (ATAC) Chairman report Geir-Ove Eriksen
13:30 -14:00 14 ATAC Meeting

  • Future of the Aircraft Maintenance License
14:10 – 14:50 15 AEI Human Factors Coordinator Vangelis Demosthenous
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:30 16 Delegates and observers reports

  • John Woodlock – Doctor of Sociology of Law

His PhD research focused on the field of European Union (EU) civil aviation and the profession
and professionalism of licensed aircraft maintenance engineers in Europe.

  • The situation in Mauritius – LAEA
  • ?
16:30 – 18:00 17 Elections

  • Election for three years:
    • President
    • Treasurer
    • Secretary Asia Pacific
    • ATAC Chairman
    • Executive Officer 1
    • Executive Officer 4
  • Election for two years:
    • Vice-President
    • Secretary Americas
    • PR Chairman
    • Executive Officer 3
  • Election for one year
    • Secretary Europe, Africa, Middle east
    • Auditor
18:00 Concluding meeting day 2
19:00 – 21:00 Gala dinner

 

Friday September 22. – Day 3

Time Agenda

Item

 Subject Notes
09:00 – 09:20 18 4th Session

Matters arising from delegates
09:20 – 09:45 19 Motions originating from congress

  • Chris Burleigh, ALAEA presentation about the AEI Participation of Aircraft Maintenance Competition in Chicago 2024
09:45 – 10:45 20 Any Other Business
10:45 – 11:00 21 Venue for Coming Annual Congresses

2024 – Australia (Sydney)

2025 –

2026 –
11:00 – 11:30 22 President closing summary
11:30 -12:30 Lunch

Note: If needed, extra meeting time after 12:30-16:00 is available.

Viktig og riktig avgjørelse i CAMO-saken

 

Som vi har skrevet om tidligere, har forbundet jobbet med å begrense en regelverksendring av Part-CAMO, som kunne medføre at ansvaret for den tekniske oppfølgingen av helikoptrene som flyr offshore og i sivil redningstjeneste ville kunne overføres til utenlandske aktører langt fra Nordsjøen og helt uten helikoptererfaring. Det nye regelverket utarbeidet av EASA, åpnet nemlig for at helikopterselskaper i konsernforhold ikke lenger skulle ha krav om en intern teknisk avdeling (CAMO) for oppfølging av luftdyktighet.

 

Etter snart to års arbeid med saken fikk vi denne uken endelig beskjed om at norske myndigheter har vedtatt at regelverket bare skal innføres for flyselskaper, og dermed ikke gjelder for norske helikopterselskaper. Dette er en svært viktig og riktig avgjørelse for å ivareta flysikkerhetsnivået i bransjen og landets totalberedskap.

 

I den forbindelse ønsker vi å takke alle aktører som har bidratt med å belyse saken gjennom høringssvar og møter, og samtidig rette en stor takk til norske myndigheter som har vist stor forståelse i en så viktig og komplisert sak.

 

Siden endringen ikke er tatt inn i EØS-avtalen, vil vi fortsatt følge opp saken videre.

 

Mer informasjon om CAMO-saken finner dere i tidligere artikkel her.

AIC-N 12/23 finner du her. 

Gjennomføringsforskrift finner du her.

 

Ole-Andre Lindanger

Rådgiver NHF