In March 2018 the European Union published a new regulation (EU) 2018/395 concering Balloon Air Operations. At the same time regulation (EU) 2018/394 removing balloon operations from Regulation Air Operations was published.
This EU Regulation has an impact on how National Aviation authorities (NAA), individual balloon pilots, and balloon operators work and demonstrate their compliance with regulations.
This course introduces in detail the regulation for Balloon Air Operations.
To familiarize participants with the structure, requirements and applicability of the EASA Regulation Balloon Air Operations.
By the end of this course, you should have:
To familiarize participants with the structure, requirements and applicability of the EASA Regulation Balloon Air Operations.
Balloon operators, individual balloon pilots, CAA inspectors, balloon festival organisors, aviation police officers, International Organisations operating in European aviation environment or training for this environment
The course is given in English and will include the opportunity for discussion on issues arising from the content – indeed this is encouraged. Participants should therefore have a good command of the English language.
Participants are kindly requested to bring a laptop to the course to access course material which will only be provided in electronic format.