safetypee
19th Jun 2013, 22:14
An imaginative view; advice to EASA (and FAA, etc). (www.flightglobal.com/blogs/learmount/) 17 June
The industry you are regulating is growing at a rate you cannot deal with using existing methods. You do not have the resources and you will not get them.
Technology is advancing at a rate you cannot keep up with using current regulatory philosophies...
...so you can't do things the way you do now. You will have to evolve constantly to keep up with what technology can do.
Working with industry has always been a part of how regulators operate. In future, maybe that should be all you do.
Ops regulation in the future could be a system for identifying best practice and spreading the word. That would ensure safety evolved in step with capability.
It is more effective, and far cheaper to persuade companies that their interest lies in exceeding compliance standards than to threaten them with sanctions if they don't comply.
BUT - the ultimate regulatory sanction is national law. If recognised industry best practice were used to define future required standards, the ultimate sanction for corporate failure to achieve defined standards would be the application of criminal law (where negligence or willful non-compliance is involved).
Would best practice work?
The industry you are regulating is growing at a rate you cannot deal with using existing methods. You do not have the resources and you will not get them.
Technology is advancing at a rate you cannot keep up with using current regulatory philosophies...
...so you can't do things the way you do now. You will have to evolve constantly to keep up with what technology can do.
Working with industry has always been a part of how regulators operate. In future, maybe that should be all you do.
Ops regulation in the future could be a system for identifying best practice and spreading the word. That would ensure safety evolved in step with capability.
It is more effective, and far cheaper to persuade companies that their interest lies in exceeding compliance standards than to threaten them with sanctions if they don't comply.
BUT - the ultimate regulatory sanction is national law. If recognised industry best practice were used to define future required standards, the ultimate sanction for corporate failure to achieve defined standards would be the application of criminal law (where negligence or willful non-compliance is involved).
Would best practice work?