Your ref: 17.01.2017
Our ref: 23.01.2017 No 4.13-1/17/218-2
Dear Adolfas,
I am sorry we couldn’t reply to your email on time.
We agree that the EASA prototype regulation on drones is too complex and Estonia will support the idea you
presented.
Best regards,
Karl Rattassep
Senior Inspector of Flight Operations Department
+372 610 3571
www.ecaa.ee | Lõõtsa street 5, 11415 Tallinn
Estonian Civil Aviation Administration
From: Adolfas Kuzborski [mailto:
[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2017 3:05 PM
To: Lennuamet <
[email protected]>; Kristjan Telve <
[email protected]>
Cc: Karl Rattassep <
[email protected]>; Kaupo Toodu <
[email protected]>
Subject: RPAS regulation "simple rules for simple operations"
Hello colleagues from Estonia's CAA,
I am Adolfas Kuzborski from Lithuanian CAA, I am the person which is responsible for RPAS regulation in
Lithuania. I am also working on European regulation and I think that Lithuania and Estonia could have a similar
point of view in the RPAS regulation future.
As you probably know, EASA is working on the RPAS prototype rules. And I am one of the experts which are
dealing with the OPEN and SPECIFIC categories.
From my and a lot of colleagues from different countries (list below) point of view the prototype rules right
now is far away from the main idea: "Simple rules for low risk operations".
With this mail I want to invite you to support our proposal to simplify the Prototype rules and make it more
understandable and more risk based.
You can find attached file, with the main Idea of OPEN category and sub categorization of it. This proposal was
prepared in meeting between Spain, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia, Switzerland and Germany and being influenced
by comments of Ireland and United Kingdom. The main idea of open category make it simple and free
of difficult aviation procedures (for low risk operations). What I want you to do, read the proposal and give me
the answer, if you would support this proposal for EASA.
So in the short way:
Subject:
Proposal for the EASA RPAS prototype rules to make „open“ category more simple and more understandable
Actions required:
Read the attached proposal and give the answer if Estonia would support the proposed rules and requirements
for OPEN category.
Deadline:
2017.01.20
Result:
If you support the our idea, Estonia will be in the list as supported country.
Countries already supported the idea:
Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Austria, Spain, Finland, Poland (waiting for
the answer), Italy (waiting for the answer), Estonia (waiting for the answer), Moldova (waiting for the answer).
If you have any question related this mail or attached document please do not hesitate to contact me by mail
or by phone :)
I really invite you support our proposal, because it is simple, easy understandable and risk based.
Yours faithfully,
Adolfas Kuzborski
Chief Specialist
Flight Operations Division
Civil Aviation Administration
Tel. (8 5) 2739015; Mob. +370 608 06492
Email:
[email protected]
Web: www.caa.lt