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and structure of these events. I am currently in discussion with speakers who I believe will bring a great deal of value to your business, but I am always happy to hear from you, the Members, if you have a particular topic that you feel should be covered. “Please email me with your thoughts and I will do my best to secure the best speaker for the topic.” Details of the agenda will be released in due course, but in the meantime you can secure your space by registering HERE.
T he BIFA Business Leaders Forum events were established in 2023 to provide a regular opportunity for the senior management of BIFA Member companies to come together to hear updates on national and international events impacting the industry and discuss the way forward. Wednesday 1 October will see the fifth event in the series taking place in central London and Members are
now invited to register to attend. Steve Parker, BIFA director general, said: “It is my aim to continue to drive member engagement with regular face-to- face meetings that can be accessed by a large proportion of the membership. Your organisation “BIFA is your organisation and I welcome your input to the content
new functions that have not previously been considered or were not previously in scope. A part of the project will also be ensuring that, where appropriate, there is parity across the industry for those performing the same functions. BIFA participates in the review and will feed Members’ views to the steering group. Our aim is to ensure that the new requirements serve their purpose but at the same time are proportionate and not disruptive. Members interested in the review are encouraged to contact Pawel Jarza (p.jarza@bifa.org) at the Secretariat for further information.
Updating the list of aviation functions As the UK CAA begins a review of aviation functions, BIFA Members are invited to contribute views to the steering group
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has begun a review of the existing list of aviation functions to ensure that an up- to-date list of the background checks, vetting and training requirements is in place for the wider aviation industry. The review is being carried out in two phases and in consideration with all recent additions to the Single Consolidated Direction (SCD), such as Enhanced Background Checks (EBC) and Accreditation Checks (AC).
Phase 1 has focused on identifying all functions in order to produce a new function mapping schedule. The proposal will be to include it in future editions of the SCD. Phase 2 will focus on reviewing all existing functions to ensure that the current level of background checking and vetting sufficiently mitigates the vulnerabilities of the function. This will include a full review of all current functions and the proposal of any
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