Sat, Jul 12, 2003
Says EU Rules Lack Business Sense
The head of the European Regions
Airline Association (ERA) slammed the European Commission Friday
for what it calls a failure to apply basic business-like practices
when drafting legislative proposals. Mike Ambrose, director
general of the ERA, said that's resulted in billions of Euros in
unnecessary costs for an airline industry still deep in crisis and
fighting further job losses after the September 11th attacks on
America.
Speaking to the Director's General Civil Aviation of ECAC
(European Civil Aviation Conference) at their triennial meeting
this week, Ambrose called for cost reductions by the bodies that
provide Europe’s air navigation services and for a moratorium
on all regulatory proposals which add cost burdens to airlines.
"Had the Commission performed a business impact assessment
before drafting the proposed legislation on compensation and
assistance for air passengers, it would have been obvious that the
problems encountered by European air passengers when flights are
cancelled or delayed did not warrant a EUR 2 billion solution,"
said Ambrose.
Still Vague
Despite over 150 changes made by
the European Parliament and the European Union Council of Transport
Ministers, much of the ill-considered draft proposal remains
ambiguous, unclear in its intentions and strikes a poor balance
between the interests of the vast majority of passengers who have
trouble-free journeys and those whose journeys are disrupted.
“The EC has an obligation to ensure that any regulation is
justified by an actual requirement and is accompanied by an impact
assessment. Had such an approach been adopted prior to the
development of the Passenger Compensation and Assistance proposals,
the resultant draft regulation would not have been such an
indescribable jumble of ill-considered ideas", said Ambrose.
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