What happens when you put the toddlers in charge of the toy shop? 

Last week, Fisher-Price recalled all of its Rock ’n Plays, a collapsible sleeper in which the baby’s head rests at an upward incline. Fisher-Price’s decision followed an investigation that linked the Rock ’n Play to at least thirty-two infant deaths since 2011. Its incline violates modern safe-sleep rules, which call for babies to lie flat on their backs on a firm, wide surface. The product inherently has a design flaw but was a cult product for many sleep-deprived new parents. Keep reading +
 

Tired of delays
 

European passengers are tired of flight delays, but so are pilots. 

Data4Safety: Putting the data jigsaw together

Over the past two years Europe’s Data4Safety programme – aimed at enhancing safety through Big Data mining – has been shaping up from the initial conceptual ideas to where we are today: a well-defined programme that is on the verge of delivering its first tangible results. So where are we today, 2 years after the first steps of D4S?  Keep reading + 

We are all one in the sky

The Signatories support the European regulatory authorities in producing a robust, harmonised, EU-wide regulatory safety framework that enables the safe, secure, efficient and fair integration of drones in the aviation system, and fosters broad public acceptance. Since the Drones Helsinki Declaration in 2017, which called for simple and performance-based rules for drones, significant progress has been made in developing and delivering a regulatory framework that will support the safe and sustainable growth of the drone industry. However, in order to facilitate the integration of drones in very low-level airspace (i.e. below 500 ft) and preserve the high level of safety in the entire European airspace, we jointly call to accelerate the implementation of the following measures.  Keep reading +

Uniting against precarious aviation jobs

Labour inspectorates, employment ministries and civil aviation authorities, airlines, air crew and EU decision makers met in Brussels in early April at a workshop on “Socially Responsible Air Transport”. The unique configuration of the workshop is an initiative of the EU Commission, as a part of its efforts to crack down on violations of employment law by airlines and crewing agencies. The workshop, which took place several weeks after the EU Commission’s Social agenda report, focused on discussing practical solutions on how to deal with complex atypical employment cases and oversight-unfriendly business models.  Keep reading +