Aviation safety is not at risk: European airlines
On the eve of a planned pilot walkout over new European duty time rules, airline associations have joined forces to insist that harmonised Flight Time
Limitation (FTL) rules ensure utmost safety in the air.
Tomorrow, flight and cabin crew unions are organising an EU-wide Walkout for safety to demonstrate
against the proposed European rules for FTL and rest requirements. Pilot unions are claiming that
European policy-makers will risk passengers safety by adopting the new regulation submitted by the
European Aviation and Safety Agency (EASA) earlier this year.
However, airlines will never compromise on safety. The final proposed FTL rules are not a relaxation of
todays rules as the unions suggest. On the contrary, they harmonise the different FTL requirements
that exist across Europe and even include some new and more restrictive requirements and limitations.
EASAs final proposals are the result of an extensive review involving all stakeholders including national
safety regulators, airlines and trade unions, and are based on robust safety data including the review of
almost 50 different scientific studies.
The Heads of the three airline associations, AEA, ERA and IACA highlight:
Based on the EASA proposal, Europe will continue to have one of the strictest FTL rules in the world.
National Safety Regulators, for example, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, have welcomed the EASA
proposal which, to a large extent, is equivalent to the current well proven UK CAP 371 rules. The
adoption process of the final rules should therefore not be derailed as a result of misleading
information.
http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2013/01/16697/?
On the eve of a planned pilot walkout over new European duty time rules, airline associations have joined forces to insist that harmonised Flight Time
Limitation (FTL) rules ensure utmost safety in the air.
Tomorrow, flight and cabin crew unions are organising an EU-wide Walkout for safety to demonstrate
against the proposed European rules for FTL and rest requirements. Pilot unions are claiming that
European policy-makers will risk passengers safety by adopting the new regulation submitted by the
European Aviation and Safety Agency (EASA) earlier this year.
However, airlines will never compromise on safety. The final proposed FTL rules are not a relaxation of
todays rules as the unions suggest. On the contrary, they harmonise the different FTL requirements
that exist across Europe and even include some new and more restrictive requirements and limitations.
EASAs final proposals are the result of an extensive review involving all stakeholders including national
safety regulators, airlines and trade unions, and are based on robust safety data including the review of
almost 50 different scientific studies.
The Heads of the three airline associations, AEA, ERA and IACA highlight:
Based on the EASA proposal, Europe will continue to have one of the strictest FTL rules in the world.
National Safety Regulators, for example, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, have welcomed the EASA
proposal which, to a large extent, is equivalent to the current well proven UK CAP 371 rules. The
adoption process of the final rules should therefore not be derailed as a result of misleading
information.
http://www.airtrafficmanagement.net/2013/01/16697/?