Supports ICAO as proper venue for any aircraft emissions regulations
November 12, 2012 - Today, the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) was encouraged by the European Commission’s proposal to “freeze” the application of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) for flights flying to or from Europe. The Commission proposes to put a temporary moratorium in place until after the triennial meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in October of 2013, where it is hoped that a mutual global agreement can be reached.

“Although this is definitely a step in the right direction, we remain deeply concerned with the unilateral nature of the EU ETS and its disregard for the sovereignty of non-EU nations,” said Captain Lee Moak, president of ALPA. “This temporary delay in no way changes ALPA’s position that the US House of Representatives should quickly vote to approve the Thune-McCaskill bill that potentially exempts US carriers from the EU ETS if the Secretary of Transportation deems such prohibition to be in the public interest. We encourage Congress to provide this Administration the tools to effectively counter the EU ETS.”
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