Sorry for the period of ‘radio silence’ recently. I have been very busy with my daughter’s wedding in Scotland (photos of me wearing a kilt are available for those with a strong constitution !). Plus I organised the meeting of the Association of Aviation Medical Examiners at King’s College in April, which certainly kept me busy. Between these I spoke at the AMABEL meeting in Brussels on an AME’s experience of the new EASA regulations, which seemed to be well received.

It's been quiet on this blog for a while so it is time for an update.
The EC, together with ex-EC members, and some who have been involved since the birth of ESAM, met for the weekend of the 9th and 10th of February at the Furstenfeldbruck base of the German airforce, near Munich. The meeting was very well attended, representing both old and new in ESAM's development.

The General Assembly was opened by Roland at 12:30. In advance of his formal presidential address, he made reference to changes on the EC and on the AB committee. On the EC Patricia Jung had been appointed by Andreas Adrian’s Society to replace him, in accordance with the statutes. Declan Maher had been appointed Interim Secretary General due to the tragedy of Paolo’s terminal illness. On the AB committee, Prof. Uwe Stüben resigned at the EC meeting in Naples in February and put forward Prof. Jürgen Graf as his replacement. This had been accepted. All these changes have been recorded in the minutes of the EC-AB meetings over the past year.

6th General Assembly of ESAM - Minutes

A quick reflection on the ECAM in London, as the dust has now settled! Most delegates seem to have enjoyed the weekend. We had 240 delegates on day one, and 190 on day 2, so the largest ECAM so far. The whole event was a lot of hard work and I am grateful to the organising committee from AAME and ESAM for all their support. Thanks also to the selection committee for the abstracts, to 3D Performance our conference organisers, and to the Simulator team from BA.
In fact, a big thank you to everyone who contributed to making the meeting a success including all the delegates.

I have just returned from attending the congress of the Slovenian Society of Aerospace Medicine in Ljubljana, held at the Josef-Stefan Institute.