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title: "Error management — EASA Definition · Avioverse"
description: "FCL.010, Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011: \"Error management\" means the process of detecting and responding to errors with countermeasures which reduce or…"
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# Error management

EASA defines “Error management” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.

> "Error management" means the process of detecting and responding to errors with countermeasures which reduce or eliminate the consequences of errors, and mitigate the probability of errors or undesired aircraft states.

FCL.010 · Aircrew · Regulation (EU) No 1178/2011 · Easy Access Rules, 25 Nov 2025 revision · [Read FCL.010](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/aircrew/part-fcl/subpart-a#fcl-010)

## Defined in the same article

- [Accessible](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/accessible)
- [aerobatic flight](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aerobatic-flight)
- [aeroplane](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane)
- [Aeroplane required to be operated with a co-pilot](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane-required-to-be-operated-with-a-co-pilot)
- [Aeroplane upset prevention and recovery training](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aeroplane-upset-prevention-and-recovery-training)
- [aircraft](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/aircraft)
- [Airmanship](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/airmanship)
- [Airship](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/airship)