Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) *UK Formed in April 1972 as the first unified and independent body controlling civil aviation.
Air Navigation Order (ANO) A book which lays down the law of the land with respect to civil aviation. It is composed of articles and schedules.
CAA Safety Regulation Group (SRG) SRG is and subdivision from CAA which has it's headquarters at Aviation House at Gatwick Airport in Sussex.
The Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA) (headquarters in Hoofddorp Netherlands) was an associated body of the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC).
The JAA membership was based on signing the “JAA arrangements”, document originally was based by the then current member states in Cyprus in 1990. Based on these arrangements and related commitments, the JAA objectives; Aviation safety CO-operation with the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Business effectiveness Consolidation of common standards International Co-operation
EASA key facts Stands for European Aviation Safety Agency An agency of the European Union (EU) Created by an act of EU law. Purpose is to enforce common standards across the EU. Requirements became law in all EU countries Headquarters in Cologne, Germany.
Regulation 1592/2002 established EASA and detailed the function of EASA and how it would do its job. Certification Specification (CS), there are many CS's, a few if which are listed below: CS 23 Deals with certification specifications for small airplanes. CS 25 Deals with certification specifications for large airplanes. CS 25 and 29 deals with small and large helicopters.
REMEBER!!! Basic Regulation