ECA: Piloting Safety

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

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A New Year – Same challenges
Feb 7, 2012

Since our last edition in December 2011, a lot has happened in the aviation world. First of all, at the beginning of December, I went to Zagreb upon request from our Croatian member (CRO-ALPA) to...

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Low-cost Outsourcing – A New Trend with Doubtful Benefits
Feb 7, 2012

One after the other, the ‘legacy’ carriers endeavour to establish low cost subsidiaries. Mostly this is done without involving the pilot associations whose members are directly...

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Fatigue – Why Europe Can’t Afford to Sleep
Feb 7, 2012

On 18 January, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published its revised proposal for Europe’s future air crew fatigue rules. It took 50.000 stakeholder comments and the reports from...

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New EU Pilot Fatigue Rules – Improvements, but not yet Safe
Jan 18, 2012

Today, new rules to combat the safety risks posed by fatigued pilots have been proposed by EASA, the European Aviation Safety Agency. While the Agency makes urgently needed improvements to its...

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New US Pilot Fatigue Rules Published - Despite Intense Industry Opposition
Dec 22, 2011

Yesterday, the US Federal Aviation Administration announced the publication of new safety rules, aimed at ensuring that pilot fatigue – due to long duty hours, insufficient rest/sleep...

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