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TAKE THE SURVEY: Social rating of European airlines

TAKE THE SURVEY: Social rating of European airlines

This quick, concise and anonymous online survey is the opportunity for European pilots to rate their airlines and determine where they sit on the social/unsocial scale. Pilots will be asked to answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to a number of questions on the use of atypical employment models,

News article
Jul 19, 2021
Who is in control?

Who is in control?

Incorporating artificial intelligence in commercial aircraft with the aim of helping pilots might be a wise step. But the idea to completely substitute a pilot with AI raises all kinds of safety questions and opens an ethical debate about the role of humans that is equally, if not more,

Editorial
Jul 19, 2021
e-kerosene target eu

Now is the time for an ambitious European e-kerosene target

T&E, Lufthansa, the Global Alliance Powerfuels, pilots representatives, and other aviation industry and energy players had called on the European Commission to set ambitious targets for e-kerosene, a green synthetic fuel, when proposing the world’s first sustainable jet fuel law earlier

News article
Jul 06, 2021
A job in EU aviation: too high risk

A job in EU aviation: too high risk

Will anyone want to work in the European aviation sector in the future? The answer to this question depends on who you ask. During the recent EU Aviation Day, organized by the Portuguese EU Presidency, the European Commission naively indicated that even after the crisis, aviation remains

Editorial
Jun 07, 2021
EU Qatar air transport agreement

After the crisis: another crisis

Don’t be fooled by the creeping sense of normality: airlines are still very much fighting for their survival. Despite the positive signs and optimism that the pace of vaccinations in Europe has picked up, and summer travel might offer a boost to the travel industry, the situation is still

News article
Jun 04, 2021
Mixing aviation with politics

Mixing aviation with politics

Airline executives don’t like mixing aviation with politics. Yet, politics seems to have just ruthlessly interfered with civil aviation. The Belarus incident with Ryanair flight 4978 shattered fundamental rules, protocols and trust that have in the past prevented tragedies and probably

News article
Jun 04, 2021
News in brief #8

News in brief #8

EASA SAFE 360° Conference with 4 ECA speakers  | Aviation expertise for national judiciaries | (RE)watch the webinar (Re) Fuelling  Flight

News article
Jun 04, 2021
employment

We are hiring!

Applications closed

News article
Jun 03, 2021
SURVEY: Pilots as a resource for system resilience

SURVEY: Pilots as a resource for system resilience

In aviation, SAFE outcomes are typically preceded by multiple successful pilot interventions. 
 
The survey aims at analysing the pilots’ ability to creatively cope with an ever-changing and potentially unfamiliar environment. Questions focus on technical and operational issues experienced

News article
May 25, 2021
Ryanair 4978

Global Pilots on Ryanair Flight 4978

We are calling for an independent enquiry into this occurrence and appropriate immediate response by safety and security authorities. This unprecedented act of unlawful interference will potentially upend all the assumptions about the safest response to bomb threats on flight and

Press release
May 24, 2021
recovery

Joint Action Plan on safely resuming travel during COVID-19

European aviation is a major contributor to the European economy, notably in its regions, and the restart of aviation will re-establish connectivity throughout Europe and revitalise the European economy.

News article
May 10, 2021
Current & confident: flying again after the pandemic

Current & confident: flying again after the pandemic

If flying a plane was like riding a bike, safety departments and aviation authorities wouldn't be scrambling now to come up with an efficient strategy to bring pilots back in the cockpit after more than a year of little to no flying. Unable to get enough flying hours and maintain a close

News article
Apr 22, 2021

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