What is EU-OPS 1? EU-OPS 1 is the transposition into EC law of JAR-OPS 1, as specified by Regulation (EC) No. 1899/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3922/1991 on the harmonisation of technical requirements and administrative procedures...

Some years ago, the UKFSC’s recent Chief Executive, Ed Paintin, discussed in these columns the differences between Quality and Safety, and that should have been the end of the matter. Essentially he stuck to the regulator’s understanding of Quality’s purpose, in other words a small...