Airlines
European Pilots Blame Disruptions on 'Deep Systemic Issues'
The European Cockpit Association has called on EASA to publish a safety information bulletin on how all stakeholders should cope with travel disruptions.

The European Cockpit Association (ECA) does not expect that the disruptions that have marked air travel across the continent this summer will resolve quickly and has called on the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to publish a Safety Information Bulletin (SIB) with guidance on how airlines and airports can safely manage the summer chaos. “We have asked EASA to urgently issue a summer disruption safety bulletin, in a similar way they did during the pandemic,” ECA secretary general Philip von Schöppenthau told reporters during a briefing on Tuesday. “They used SIBs outlining specific risks of operating in the Covid-19 environment and targeted guidance to all stakeholders. We think EASA should have [issued a specific summer disruption SIB] already,” he stressed.