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"Mr President, what we are debating can be regarded as a technical matter, but what we are actually concerned with here are two very fundamental issues that we have taken up in the European Parliament. One of these is the safety of aviation as a means of transport, and one that is in increasing use every day. More and more people are dependent on aviation in their everyday lives, but is also important for industry. Also at issue are the precise limits of human ability under difficult and dangerous conditions. To what extent is it possible to work difficult hours and still maintain a high level of safety? It is questions such as these that the European Parliament has found important and that have caused us to devote so much time to this issue. I would like to thank Mr Stockmann for the truly excellent cooperation from which we have benefited and for the high-quality compromise that we have now reached. I am also amongst those who believe that we should vote in favour of the compromise, as we do need regulations at European level.
Pilots and cabin crew are the key personnel in the air when it comes to safety. For us as passengers it is never acceptable for safety to be interfered with in order to keep prices down or in order for companies to be able to drive each other out of business. Pilots’ working conditions have been quite carefully examined in the past, and competition must not be allowed to cause a deterioration of those conditions. For this reason, the review after two years is very important. Regulations on working time must be backed up medically and scientifically within EASA by Europe’s foremost experts in the field of working time, rest, sleep and fatigue.
Cabin crew must also have sound knowledge and training, and this applies to all cabin crew. Their working duties have changed and become increasingly important in the wake of 9/11. We must therefore also contribute to achieving high safety levels and high levels of competence for cabin crew, and we are doing this through the compromise. As a final point, the agreements in place differ between Member States. I think it important that those Member States that have better legislation or collective agreements should not be forced to fit in with a lowest common denominator. We need non-regression."@en1
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