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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European airline industry2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000503.6.3-108"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-03-Speech-3-1092
lpv:speaker	lp:Roseline Vachetta2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EUL/NGL (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Women's Rights and Equal Opportunities (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee (EEA) (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Ligue Communiste Révolutionnaire (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the resolution submitted for Parliament’s consideration on air transport contains serious dangers which I should like to highlight. It proposed, in effect, that competences in air traffic control matters should be transferred to the European level, that the operational services of air traffic control should be privatised, and even that competition should be encouraged between these services. Air traffic has doubled since 1986, and will double again by 2015. The resolution gives the green light to the deregulation of air transport and sees the privatisation of the main body of airlines and the development of unbridled competition as something positive. Anyone can see, however, that this development is being carried out in a way that is completely divorced from the transport requirements of the European public. European airlines are competing on the same routes, each of them separately establishing worldwide alliances, their only concern being for instant profit. They duplicate the flights of small carriers and compete for the same time slots. Instead of establishing a joint transport development plan, the European Union, using an intermodal approach between air and rail, has, quite to the contrary, moved towards privatisation and deregulation. The result of this is traffic saturation and pollution and, at the same time, a deterioration in working conditions and in the status of those employed in air transport, as companies subcontract as many of their activities as possible in order to minimise social costs. This resolution is giving way to the dictates of the major companies, who now want to privatise air traffic control services as well. The delays and the congestion are not the fault of the air traffic control system. The ATM 2000 report summarises the financial aims of this approach and it is pretty bad. The methods facilitating safety objectives must be looked at from the economic point of view. They must avoid the excessive use of flow restrictions or traffic limitation and not unduly increase the cost of creating new systems. The professional rigour of air traffic control employees, whose primary concern is the safety of the aeroplanes and passengers, is directly at stake. This is why we are opposed to this resolution, which in fact seeks to place air traffic control in the clutches of the financial interests of large companies, to the detriment of passenger safety."@en1

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