8 Amendments of Laura AGEA related to 2016/2062(INI)
Amendment 19 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Welcomes the Commission´s communication on ‘An Aviation Strategy for Europe’; stresses that action, however, that a greater effort is needed to reinforce the social agenda and maintain high-quality jobs in aviation; believes that ensuring a level playing field in the sector is crucial;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Iexpresses it concern at increasing recourse to precarious forms of employment and insists that direct employment must remain the usual form of employment in aviation in order to ensure safety;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Calls on the Commission to introduce a regulatory framework with a safeguard clause regarding job retention following a change of service provider;
Amendment 53 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Calls on the Commission to ensure that working conditions for staff, especially pilots, are such as to prevent safety standards being compromised as a result of excess fatigue;
Amendment 74 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Stresses the need to prevent and clamp down on social dumping and possible illegal use of foreign workers on board EU-registered planes;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Asks the Commission to clarify the provisions so that a distinction can be drawn between employees and self- employed workers to combat 'bogus self employment'; stresses, in this regard, that low-cost airlines in particular use self- employment contracts for pilots, which often provide for the employment of pilots at the end of their careers, who are often hired through temporary agencies based outside the EU; calls for strict rules to clamp down on any such occurrence;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. reiterates that any agreement on aviation must include respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms enshrined in the European Social Charter and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights;
Amendment 92 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Calls on the Member States to invest in lifelong education and training in all parts of the aviation value chain, especially in view of the impact of innovation and digital technology in all parts of the aviation value chain; calls on the Commission and the Member States also to support the research and training specifically relating to the development of advanced and highly specialised skills;