With the goal of reducing the air accident rate to less than one in ten million commercial flights and to be the safest region in the world, the EU Aviation Safety Strategy sets an unprecedented level of air safety by 2050 (EC, 2011b). Building on the work of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA),
this strategy includes:
• EU safety management system that incorporates safety performance targets and measurements to identify risks and to achieve continued improvement in safety;
• Data collection, quality, exchange and analysis from review of legislation on occurrence reporting in civil aviation;
• Regulatory safety framework for research and development on innovative technologies;
• Transparency and exchange of safety information with ICAO and other international aviation partners.