Marc Bailey

About Marc Bailey

Marc has been part of the European project from JAA through to the inception of EASA. Representing ECOGAS on the original EASA advisory board for many years, Marc continues his work with National regulators and government agencies, so he retains a good understanding of the political landscape in aviation. Marc chairs several industry groups and has held several formal board positions in recent years.

Marc has been fortunate to work across a broad spectrum of aviation with scheduled airlines, MRO’s, military contracts and as a CEO representing 180 members in the UK. With many global organisations in the UK there is still significant interaction with our European colleagues. Marc has been a fully operational licensed engineer for 40 years and still retains licences with type ratings, for older aircraft, some of which are still surprisingly in service. Marc has been a post holder in Continuing Airworthiness, Quality, Base Maintenance, and a Part 147 Training Facility.

We are working together with three UK associations under the alliance of GA4Biz. Along with BHA, ARPAS and AOPA, BBGA are helping push both the business issues with UK government and the regulatory issues with our CAA. These endeavours are working extremely well.

Given that the UK is mirroring much of the EASA regulations we are working with the ECOGAS team in Europe to ensure that commercial GA activities are correctly recognised and that our SME/micro-organisations have appropriate, proportionate regulation to deliver the safe operational environment that we have maintained for many years. What we cannot accept is the application of
regulations and guidance material designed for large organisations, where doing so increases risk in our members organisations. That increased risk is because of inappropriate application of limited resources in complex systems that do not generate either commercial or safety benefit. We need a more pragmatic risk-based oversight from our regulators, and this applies in the EU which flows
down to the UK ANO.

Finally, Marc is passionate about ensuring that we have a next generation of aviation enthusiasts to work in our industry. We are working closely with UK Gov, industry, and providers across the UK to facilitate a new approach. The new talent recruitment platform sponsored by the UK government in conjunction with TRS the provider, is the start this journey.