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Recent judicial developments in France, including the final ruling of the Tribunal Judiciaire de Toulon (19 December 2025), subsequently confirmed by the certificate of non-appeal (5 February 2026), recognized that illness may result from chronic occupational exposure to contaminated cabin air, even in the absence of a single identified acute fume event.

The European Cabin Crew Association – EurECCA – expresses its full support for the Aircrews of ITA Airways and easyJet operating in Italy, taking part in the 24-hour national strike scheduled for Thursday 26 February, in support of collective agreement renewals and improved working conditions.

EurECCA calls on European Commission to suspend and terminate the EU–Qatar Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement (CATA) without delay.

Europeans for Fair Competition (E4FC) has already expressed strong concerns about the State of Qatar’s lack of compliance with the EU-Qatar Comprehensive Air Transport Agreement.

The European Social Security Pass is being proposed at a moment when European labour mobility has reached a level of structural complexity that existing legal and administrative instruments are no longer able to sustain.

EurECCA consistently defended the principles of fairness, transparency and social responsibility in aviation, this finding cannot be viewed in abstraction.

EurECCA considers that a modernised Better Regulation framework should strengthen, rather than weaken, the EU’s capacity to legislate in the public interest.

The European Cabin Crew Association (EurECCA) welcomes the European Commission’s initiative on a Fair Labour Mobility Package and recognises its ambition to revitalise one of the most fragile freedoms of the Single Market: the free movement of workers.