European Cockpit Association (ECA) lýsir yfir alvarlegum áhyggjum af vaxandi átökum milli stjórnenda og flugmanna hjá Lufthansa og Aer Lingus.
Samningar sem gera flugmönnum kleift að leggja sitt af mörkum til öryggisstarfs í flugi fyrir hönd stéttarfélags síns hafa verið felldir úr gildi eða eru ekki virtir eins og er.
Þegar dregið er úr þátttöku flugmanna í öryggisvinnu er hætta á að traust rofni – með mögulegum áhrifum á flugöryggi til lengri tíma.
Flugöryggi má aldrei verða fórnarlamb deilna á vinnumarkaði.
Sjá fréttatilkynningu ECA í heild sinni hér að neðan.
Stop action to silence the voice of pilots
Brussels, 20 April 2026
The European Cockpit Association, representing 43,000 European pilots, is deeply concerned about the escalation of conflict between pilots and management in both Lufthansa and in Aer Lingus.
We are deeply worried about the fact that in both companies, agreements that enable pilots to contribute to flight safety work on behalf of their pilot union have been cancelled or are currently not respected.
Pilot experts, on behalf of their union and through ECA have been contributing their expertise and have helped shape many advances in aviation safety through their work at EASA, the EU and International institutions for decades.
“Trying to silence the voice of pilots won’t work,” said Paul Reuter, Vice-President of ECA. “This will not only create a painful breach of trust between the pilots and their airline that will have long-lasting negative consequences but it will also have a lasting potential negative impact on flight safety.”
While European pilots understand that contract negotiations can be difficult and disagreement may exist, we believe that preventing pilot union representatives to engage in safety relevant work is not acceptable.
Paul Reuter states that “The European pilots stand for their colleagues and ask Lufthansa and Aer Lingus to stop impeding the pilot representative’s work and invite them to resume a constructive and respectful dialogue swiftly. Flight Safety work must never fall prey to industrial grievances.
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For further information, please contact:
Capt. Paul Reuter, ECA Vice-President
Ignacio Plaza, ECA Secretary General
Tel: +32 2 705 32 93