"personal de vuelo" in English

There should be uniform criteria on aircrew composition, both on the flight deck and in the passenger areas.

Cabin crew must also have sound knowledge and training, and this applies to all cabin crew.

It is a well-known fact that the exhausting working times of cabin crews increase flight safety risks.

For the first time, both parties have also agreed to guarantee the social rights of airline staff.

The Council spent six years haggling over this compromise and, in doing so, evidently ignored the problems of the flying crew.

Regulations on working time must be backed up medically and scientifically within EASA by Europe ’ s foremost experts in the field of working time, rest, sleep and fatigue.

We must therefore also contribute to achieving high safety levels and high levels of competence for cabin crew, and we are doing this through the compromise.

Furthermore, I hope that the approval of this directive will prompt a decision, at last, to approve the regulations on flight times and working times for pilots and cabin crew.

Similarly, all would agree on the importance of health screening on departure from the affected areas and the provision of information to passengers and flight crews.