Are you a pilot, cabin crew and dispatcher/flight operations/OCC member? EASA – the European Aviation Safety Agency – wants to hear from YOU. EASA is surveying workers directly, with the goal to better understand how socio-economic factors and working conditions impact flight safety.
This survey is a crucial opportunity to shed light on how social and employment aspects are closely linked to safety and thus should be considered in oversight and rulemaking.
The survey will at most take 10 mins to complete for OCC personnel, 15 mins for cabin crew and 20 mins for pilots.
Specific questions relate to your particular job profile, with some examples including: safety & reporting culture, contractual situation & atypical employment models, crewing & staffing, fatigue (duty time/FTL/rostering), commander’s discretion & operational pressure, home base & social conditions, health & wellbeing support, licensing and fuel policy.
This is an important opportunity to include your experience in building a fairer and safer aviation system. Your answers can help EASA and policymakers to understand the good and the bad practices in the aviation world, and how working and employment conditions can influence not only flight safety, but also the wellbeing of aviation professionals.
Your insights are vital. By sharing your honest experience, you will help EASA:
- Identify where socio-economic factors may impact operational safety and performance
- Strengthen safety culture across the European aviation system
- Support future policies and oversight based on real-world evidence
We want to strongly encourage each and everyone of you to take part and share the survey with your colleagues. Only you know the realities of your jobs and we need thousands of responses in order to make our voices heard!
The deadline is November 30.
