Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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My amendment No. 9 relates to the licence holders' charter. The Minister of State is likely to have seen these amendments before. She may have received them at short notice, but it would be interesting to hear back from her about the general thrust of them. She will appreciate where they are coming from and what we are trying to achieve. They are put forward in good faith. The licence holders' charter would involve pilots and other licence holders. Engineers and cabin crew are licensed by the IAA but have no mandated way of interacting with it. That has implications.

IALPA is looking for a pilots' charter, and similar charters for engineers, cabin crew and operators etc., which would plainly set out the rights and responsibilities of each party and how they should interact with each other. A pilots' charter is intended to make the relationship between the regulator and the individual pilot licence holder more explicit and protected under the new Act. It would aim to ensure proper consultation on proposed new regulations, that queries are answered and there is a right of appeal on IAA decisions, particularly as they impinge on licence holders' exercising of their rights.