Airlines cause one million minutes of delay while blaming others (ATCEUC, ETF and IFATSEA joint press statement)

The undersigned ATM Professional Staff Organisations note with great regret yet another attack of Airlines for Europe (A4E) on the European Air Traffic Management in the form of a joint letter of A4E member airlines’ CEOs to the European Air Navigation Service providers (ANSPs). The letter enumerates a number of ATM-related issues as cause for […]


September 26, 2017

Press Invitation: Joint ATCEUC-ETF press conference

Reality check: What’s behind flight delays? Members of the press are cordially invited to attend the joint press conference of the European Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) where a study will be presented in reply to the alleged economic impact of air traffic controller strikes in […]


March 20, 2017

European ATM workers defend right to strike (airtrafficmanagement.net)

European air traffic controllers have hit back again at the attacks of airline industry group Airlines for Europe (A4E) on the rights of ATM workers. Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination (ATCEUC) and the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), representing together the entire community of European air traffic controllers and other staff in air traffic […]


November 10, 2016

Air Traffic Management partners in Europe sign declaration with European Commission to further improve Aviation safety

Associations representing all aspects of the air traffic management industry in Europe have signed a Declaration with the European Commission to improve the reporting and analysis of safety information. The Declaration sets out a number of key principles to encourage staff working in aviation to report mistakes or events without fear of punishment. Safety incident […]


October 1, 2015