ECA Summer Disruption Checklist
This Checklist has been compiled by ECA to draw attention to a number of safety-relevant issues that crews are likely to be faced with during a period where the European aviation system is expected to be strained to the maximum. It is not intended to supersede or replace individual company procedures and should be seen as an additional awareness tool to ensure safe, reliant, and efficient flight operations.
La lettre du SNPL AF-TO n°23
La lettre du SNPL AF-TO n°23
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Re-entry of Rocket Booster
This bulletin is for safety reasons only, in all cases, please follow the guidance of your company and state: China recently launched a Long March 5B rocket with plans to allow the first stage of the rocket booster to reenter earth’s atmosphere uncontrolled.
La voix des pilotes entendue aux Etats-Unis : Il n’est pas trop tard pour que l’AESA joue son rôle, réguler la sécurité des vols en Europe
Safety Bulletin IFALPA: New Runway in Hong Kong & its Approach Procedure
Hong Kong International Airport is expanding to a three Runways System (3RS). Its third runway was completed in 2021. The new “North Runway” was scheduled to be opened on 8 July 2022 and the existing “Middle Runway” will be closed for reconstruction. Taxi times are expected to increase to and from the new runway (...)
ECA Conference Statement: 2022 – A summer of disruptions
Years of cost-cutting, social dumping and COVID crisis management are now wreaking havoc in Europe’s aviation. A summer of disruptions, flight cancellations and aircrew fatigue has started and will likely worsen in the coming weeks. This ECA Conference – representing 40.000 European airline pilots – mandates the ECA Executive Board to urge the EU Commission and EASA, national oversight authorities, airline managements and all relevant stakeholders to ensure that (...)