Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-06-Speech-4-063"

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dcterms:Date	"2000-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Single European sky2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000706.4.4-063"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-06-Speech-4-0642
lpv:speaker	lp:Jacqueline Foster2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, It is quite true to say that air traffic delays need to be urgently addressed. However, it is also worth noting that 33% of ATM delays recorded between January and June 1999 were mostly due to temporary capacity reductions associated not least with the Kosovo crisis. The real problem lies in the sectors straddling areas north and south which include Switzerland, France, Italy, Spain, parts of Germany, Maastricht upper-air space and these are responsible for 44% air traffic flow management delays and 30 bottlenecks. At one time, Greece was part of that problem. However, the impressive results by the Greeks goes to show that the improvements can be made if there is strong action and real cooperation by national governments. All too often Eurocontrol is used as the scapegoat and is blamed for the present situation, but the real blame must lie with the inaction of national governments in the areas that I have outlined. It is quite clear that the European Transport Council must take immediate action to ensure that the air traffic control decisions are applied by all Member States Europe-wide. It should be remembered that Eurocontrol is the only pan-European institution in the air traffic management domain and must be supported. Finally, one issue that was raised – the critical shortage of manpower to the tune of 1,000 air traffic controllers throughout Europe – needs to be urgently addressed by national governments. That in itself will go a long way to improving flow control. In addition, both airports and airlines need to look closely at their practices, as they too are responsible far too often for the high percentage of delays incurred."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Foster (PPE-DE )."1

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