Red tape to be slashed for aviation sector

The UK government and Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have announced plans to strip away unnecessary bureaucracy for the UK General Aviation sector. Some of the proposed changes were suggested during the General Aviation Red Tape Challenge, which found that the current regulatory regime is often impractical and too prescriptive. The General Aviation sector includes flights other than commercial scheduled air services. Most of the world’s air traffic falls into this category, from gliders to corporate flights. Minister without Portfolio Grant Shapps said: “The General Aviation Red Tape Challenge received a phenomenal amount of responses, receiving three times as many e-mail