Airlines for America opposes EU ETS
June 7, 2012, 02:10 pm
Airlines for America is calling for the United States to stop the application of the European Union emissions trading scheme, which looks to tax U.S. airlines illegally and establish a precedent that would enable it to tax United States industries, product and services.
“Urgent, concrete action by the United States is needed to overturn the EU ETS and bring the EU back to the negotiating table in support of a global framework,” said Airlines for America Vice President of Environmental Affairs Nancy Young in recent testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee. “The United States, in its role as a world leader, must wield the tools it has to remove the wrong measure in favor of the right one.”
Under Article 84 of the Chicago Convention through the International Civil Aviation Organization, Airlines for America is pushing the United States to expedite the European decision and initiate a legal challenge to the EU ETS.
Airlines for America also recently urged the Federal Aviation Administration to alter guidelines for pilot certification and to provide a system that collects information on the industry’s safety record, recognizing quality of a pilot's experience, rather than current system in place, basing recognition solely on flight hours logged.
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