О некоторых расценках для АОН в Европе

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О сверхвысоких поборах Европейской EASA, прикрываемой заботой о безопасности полетов, и жадности авиавластей Дании в отношении своих частных пилотов сообщает апрельский выпуск Бюллетеня IAOPA Europe.

EASA fees undermine aviation safety
AOPA UK has highlighted an example of how EASA’s ruinous fees and charges, which are said to be about to rise by a further 30%, are impinging on safety, causing stagnation in GA and resulting in financial loss to engineers and avionics manufacturers. A member who planned to upgrade his Seneca 1 by installing a second-hand Collins 101 HIS, was asked for £3,500 (€4,000) by EASA just to consider the paperwork. The demand made the installation unviable, and an opportunity to increase the safety and utility of an aircraft was lost. The owner said: “By insisting on this bureaucracy and its associated cost the Agency is hardly enhancing flight safety. Neither we nor the engineers involved are cowboys, and we operate and maintain our aircraft to the highest professional standards. However we have to be realistic about how much money it is worth investing in this old aircraft – it is no longer viable.”
A second example of regulatory greed concerns a pilot who recently contacted his national AOPA regarding a bill from EASA for a ferry permit to allow him to fly his aircraft between repair stations. A Piper Seneca had a prop-strike and needed to be flown to the maintenance company for repair. EASA’s charge for allowing this was €723.94, which it said was three hours work at €241.30 an hour – all for evaluating the single page of EASA Form 18b.
Most of Europe has never had to pay for such permits in the past, but under EASA these charges become payable. IAOPA Senior Vice President Martin Robinson says: “The problem is related to EASA’s huge overheads and inefficiencies. IAOPA will insist on a more efficient structure at the next fees and charges review . Moreover, in relation to permit to fly they should develop pre-set conditions so that they can give clearance without sky-high fees.”
Some manufactures, including one large engine supplier based in the UK, say that under EASA fees have doubled, and could rise again by another 30% if the rumoured hike in fees goes ahead. The industry body charged with commenting on the proposal has not yet been formally consulted.

Costs survey shows up Denmark
AOPA Sweden has made a comparative study of aviation fees across the world and has concluded that the Danes are the most heavily-charged GA pilots anywhere. Denmark repeatedly tops the list of the most rapacious cash-collectors. In terms of licensing fees, it costs more than €320 a year, averaged over five years, to keep a PPL in Denmark, compared to less than €20 in the UK and zero in France. PPL theory test fees are €1,000 in Denmark, just half that in the UK and virtually nothing in the USA and France. The charge for an IR test is €1,400 in Denmark, less than €500 in the UK, €250 in France and around €100 in the USA. After Denmark, Sweden forces its pilots to pay the most.
Jacob Pedersen of AOPA Denmark says: “We thank AOPA Sweden for this research, which clearly documents the absurd levels that PPL related fees have reached. Based on this survey, we have already been in dialogue with the Danish Minister for Transportation and I strongly believe that we will manage to get some of these fees reduced.”
Denmark abolished its CAA and gave its responsibilities to part of the Department of Transport which is entirely funded by user fees. Jacob says: “AOPA Denmark has for several years argued that this model is unsustainable and is slowly killing the aviation industry from the bottom up. With the new EASA regulation the situation will only get worse. We have argued that a basic passenger or security fee of just €1 on commercial flights departing from Danish airports could finance all CAA activities, making it possible to dramatically reduce or eliminate fees paid by license holders and licensed organisations, removing a huge burden from general aviation and allowing the industry to grow.”
In theory it should be possible to go ’regulatory shopping’for the best prices in Europé after EASA takes control – this was one of the arguments put forward in EASA’s favour. But some states are moving to protect their revenues by allowing only aircraft with national registrations to be based on their territory, something IAOPA strongly opposes.

[Misha]

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