Air traffic

31.5.2001

WRITTEN QUESTION P-1742/01
by Gorka Knörr Borràs (Verts/ALE)
to the Commission

Since the creation of AENA (Spanish airports and air traffic), a public body established in 1990, all technical staff specialising in air traffic operations and services who are employed in air traffic services must have qualifications and a licence, in accordance with European rules (EATCHIP I and II) and those of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). A document produced recently by the ICAO states explicitly that Spain is the only country that fails to comply with these rules. Is the Commission aware of this problem?

 

Given the danger to air traffic that a lack of appropriate training could represent, what action does the Commission intend to take?

 

OJ C 364 E, 20/12/2001