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The ETF Civil Aviation Section's activities focus on ensuring an inclusive and socially oriented approach to European legislation with the aim of avoiding a downward spiral in employment, job security, safety, social welfare and salary cuts in the aviation industry. Recently the Section has focused on dealing with some specific strategic issues, as well as with its routine work of representing workers in the different aviation professions. These have included the Open Aviation Area (US/EU Aviation negotiations), and the "Third Package" of liberalisation, launched by the European Commission in 2003.

News online

24 Jan 2012
Transport Trade Unions taking the lead for a sustainable sector
Almost 170 transport trade unionists from 30 different countries attended the Transunion Final Conference taking place on 19 and 20 January in the International Trade Union House in Brussels. The conference, organised in the framework of the...

05 Dec 2011
LAAF Cabin Crew Union resolves dispute with airBaltic
Mid-November, the ETF received the information from LAAF Latvian Cabin Crew Union about the struggle of the airBaltic workers facing layoffs and intimidations by the air company due to alleged financial difficulties airBaltic is currently...

Press releases

26 Jan 2012
ETF urges EASA to incorporate scientific evidence on fatigue
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued its proposals on Flight Time Limits (FTL) and rest periods for cabin crew and pilots. It contains a revised set of rules on fatigue prevention, which does not reflect all the comments received...

02 Dec 2011
Joint Press Release: Ground Handling Services in the EU - European Airports, Trade Unions and Independent Handlers reject uncontrolled deregulation
Brussels, 1 December 2011: Three of the four European Social Partners in the ground handling sector, Airports Council International Europe (ACI EUROPE), the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the Airport Services Association (ASA)...