Eduard Ciofu

Eduard graduated in 1996 from the Polytechnic University of Bucharest as aeronautical engineer and started his career in 1997 in the Romanian CAA in Bucharest, where he dealt with various topics: aircraft noise and environmental protection, internal audit and air operator certification. In 2007 Eduard joined EASA where he was in charge of the coordination of the EU SAFA Programme. Since 2015, Eduard was managing the Air Operations Standards Section in EASA, which is responsible for drafting requirements addressing the entire spectrum of air operations. Eduard is currently Deputy Flight Standards Director at EASA and he is also heading the Air Operations and Aerodromes Department that is responsible for rulemaking and standardisation in the domain of air operations, aerodromes and ground handling, SAFA Programme, TCO and also for the oversight of EU operators for which the Agency is acting as Competent Authority.