With drones, who has the ‘skin in the game’? Editorial | 16 January 2019 “Go Around.” These words, and the reactions to them, are some of the most important to a pilot, whether initiated themselves or by air traffic controllers. They are probably the words that have prevented more accidents than any other, and would have avoided many that did happen, if they’d only been used.
Common concerns, powerful tools News article | 16 January 2019 Each Transnational Airline (TNA) pilot group has a different background, a different story and a different type of management to deal with, but all pilots of transnational airlines face similar challenges.
The future holds… more wet-leasing News article | 15 January 2019 Wet-leasing is growing rapidly and experts predict such leasing agreements to become both longer in time and more frequent in nature in 2019.
New year, same threats to Ryanair pilots Press release | 15 January 2019 We see base closures and downsizing used by Ryanair as the ‘Bogeyman’ to push employees into submission
New Authority to fix disorderly EU employment rules? News article | 15 January 2019 The project of a new EU Labour Authority (ELA) would allow employees and employers to deal more easily with complex aspects of cross-border labour mobility and to better fight against social fraud.
About us Created in 1991, the European Cockpit Association is the representative body of European pilots at EU level.
Our members We represent over 38,000 pilots from the national pilot associations in 37 European states and 2 states from outside the European region.
Expertise We are a recognised social partner and make every effort to ensure that aviation safety is in the driving principle of future European rules.
