"personal de cabina" in English

I also consider it important to acknowledge certificates for on-board personnel.

It is reducing the costs on cabin staff rather than increasing them.

Finally, I am particularly pleased about the provisions that deal with the issue of cabin crew.

In Amendment No 13 we propose annual medical checks for cabin crew.

The added value of well-trained cabin crew is quite obvious.

One of the subjects that have created controversies is related to the certification of the on-board personnel.

I take the point that the honourable Member made about other staff referred to in this draft.

One final word on cabin crews: I am very pleased that we have now come up with a sound arrangement.

It must be ensured that the aircrew and cabin crew meet the requirements for proficiency and experience.

The Commission believes it should add to the JAA proposal a competence certificate for cabin crews.

I am also very pleased at the agreement on cabin crew, whose professionalism and certification must be recognised.

As you said, the human factor has a major part to play in the field of air safety, as it often does elsewhere.

We need common rules for working hours for aircrew and cabin staff, based not on costs but on safety.

On the basis of this assessment, the Commission will table those amendments needed to take account of these specific operating models.

The second improvement concerns the scientific and medical assessment of the provisions relating to flight and duty time limitations and to cabin crews.

I believe the rapporteur has found a compromise that allays fears held by some Member States, yet recognises the importance of the role cabin crew play.

One problem remained to be solved, which might have appeared of secondary importance: the human factor certainly refers to the flight deck crew, but it also refers to the cabin crew.

I would also welcome here the trade unions' readiness to negotiate on working time for flight crews in civil aviation, within the joint civil aviation authority.

I would also welcome here the trade unions ' readiness to negotiate on working time for flight crews in civil aviation, within the joint civil aviation authority.

With the liberalization of the whole air transport sector, it is imperative that we have common standards on training and licensing of cabin crews throughout the Union.