The Government and the Safety Regulation Group recognise that aviation safety needs constant vigilance by regulators and industry alike. They believe that the development of objective-based regulations, where appropriate, has the potential to improve significantly safety levels by requiring operators to implement Quality Assurance Systems and by encouraging the use of formal Safety Management Systems.

• Control of Development in Airport Public Safety Zones
• State Safety Programme (SSP)
• Safeguarding, Aerodromes, Technical Sites and Military Explosives Storage Areas
  

Health and consumer issues

The Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has initialised a number of research projects to analyse the possible effects on health of aircraft cabin environments. In addition to highly publicised concerns such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), disruptive behaviour and air quality, it has also investigated cosmic radiation and the effects of working practices onboard aircraft.

The final Regulatory Impact Assessment for the reform of Air Travel Organiser’s Licence (ATOL) Bonding was published on Tuesday 23 October 2007.

• Impact assessment for increasing the ATOL Protection Contribution (165 kb)
• Air passenger experience at Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester airports
• Cabin air quality frequently asked questions
• Aviation Health Working Group
• Health in aircraft cabins