ECA: Piloting Safety

ECA is the association of European flight crew unions, representing more than 38,650 pilots from 38 countries.

European Regional Body of

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Latest News

Birds & Aviation Safety Don’t Get Along
Jul 28, 2010

Everybody remembers the US Airways plane floating on the Hudson River on 15 January 2009 after the pilot successfully ditched into the water. The cause was a double engine failure caused by...

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Accident Investigation – Quo Vadis?
Jul 28, 2010

On the 1st of June, the European Parliament’s Transport Committee voted on the Accident Investigation Regulation proposed by the Commission at the end of 2009. All through the parliamentary...

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Pilots Saved the Day!
Jul 28, 2010

In-flight turbulence, bird strikes, rejected takeoffs, technical problems, engine failures… Each day, many events like this happen worldwide. And yet, they are not reported in the news. Why?...

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To Implement or not to Implement – Pilot Fatigue Rules in Europe
Jun 24, 2010

In July 2008, when Europe started to apply, for the first time in history, a uniform set of pilot fatigue rules for all commercial air operations – the so-called “Subpart Q” – it was obvious that...

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Outsourcing in Sweden: This Concerns all Pilots!
Jun 24, 2010

In February Cockpit News reported the unprecedented decision of a Swedish company to dismiss all pilots and engage new ones through a broker. The Swedish pilots have not remained inactive and are...

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