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It is now urgent to have consistent and common safety requirements in air transport. Air traffic has increased considerably and we must treat safety issues with particular attention. We agree that this is a necessity. However, we are not in favour of creating a European Aviation Safety Agency (AESA) on the basis proposed.
The issues at stake are obviously related to the increase in international air travel. The AESA has been created to coincide with the liberalisation of our air space and is an instrument which can be used in the war with the United States over requirements. Rather than this being an attempt to achieve consistent safety requirements, this is an attempt to increase competition. The AESA is needed in order to bring about the proposed deregulation in air transport and, in the future, navigation staff and services will also be affected by the decisions taken by this agency. At the moment, navigation staff are actually informed and consulted, but they are never acknowledged as experts. This gives cause for concern at a time when massive structural changes and lay-offs are being made at AOM, Sabena and Swissair as well as at other airlines. This agency must focus on one task alone, namely safety; employees must be involved in this work and the experience and knowledge of each Member State must be made consistent across the board."@en1
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