EUROCAE Technical Advisory Committee

• A chairman appointed by the EUROCAE Council.
• 12 members appointed among Full Members companies or organisations by the Council for a period of two years (renewable). Each of them, having a high technical position in their Company or Organisation, is responsible for a specific technical domain of interest for EUROCAE. These domains are: “Aircraft Regulatory Authority”, “ATM Regulatory Authority”, “Aircraft Manufacturer” (2 representatives), “Equipment manufacturers” (4 representatives: (Avionics, Aircraft non-Avionic, Ground Equipment, Aircraft Systems), “Air Traffic Service Providers”, “Airlines users” and “R & D”.
• General Secretariat management: The Secretary General, as member, and the Technical Secretary, as TAC secretary, are permanent TAC members.

The main responsibilities of the TAC are:

• to prepare the future technical strategy of EUROCAE (called the “Technical Work Program”),
• to conduct feasibility studies regarding the creation or re-orientation of EUROCAE Working Groups and to advice accordingly the Council in its approval decision,
• to draft Discussion paper (Dp) in preparation of WG or Task Forces (TF) objectives and specifically, Terms of Reference. These are used as support by the Council in its approval decisions,
• to recommend changes on the content and architecture of EUROCAE Standards and other documents.

TAC meetings are planned around two weeks prior to each Council.