Civil aviation: Safety requirements and professional competence for cabin crews

The Committee has adopted the report by Mathieu GROSCH (EPP, B) on a directive on safety requirements and the attestation of professional competence for cabin crews in civil aviation (consultation procedure). The proposal seeks to introduce attestations of professional competence, issued by an approved organization and recognized by all member states. According to Mr GROSCH, one of the merits of the proposal was that it combines the main provisions governing the training and fitness of cabin crew in a single text. The measure was not a purely technical one, but included social aspects relevant to the liberalization of air transport. Amendments were adopted on: - ensuring more regular medical checks, in particular for cabin crew over 40 years' of age, and - member states laying down the transitional provisions for the recognition of the training of cabin crew members six months after the entry into force of the present directive. �