Formation 1991 Membership 37 member associations Website www.eurocockpit.be | President Nico Voorbach | |
Secretary General Philip von Schöppenthau | ||
The European Cockpit Association (ECA) is an organization that represents European pilots. Founded in 1991, it works to improve European policies in all areas of aviation that affect pilots, such as safety, pilot licensing, air operations, fair competition, international air traffic agreements, air traffic management and employment conditions. ECA currently represents over 38,000 European pilots from 37 European associations and has its headquarters in the City of Brussels.
History
In January 2003, the ECA carried out a public protest against flight-time limitations drafted by the European Union, with concerns that some of the proposed duty periods may have been too long and could cause pilot fatigue. In 2012, the ECA published a study on pilot fatigue, finding that four in ten pilots had fallen asleep in the cockpit. In January of the same year, together with the European Transport Workers' Federation, the ECA organised an EU-wide demonstration against the new flight-time rules proposed by the European Aviation Safety Agency.