[7] During 2014, the ECA spoke out against the implementation of the recently-introduced multi-crew pilot licence, singling out the alleged negative impact on flight training via a greater reliance on simulators over real-world experience.

[12] The ECA has maintained a long-term interest in the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in European airspace, and the potential ramifications thereof.

[13] During October 2016, the ECA published a study into the safe integration of UAV traffic and methods of minimising the impact on conventional aircraft.

[16] Following an injunction granted to the airline Air Malta in July 2016 against industrial action by its pilots, the ECA criticised the outcome as a fundamental danger to the rights of citizens.

[17] During the Boeing 737 MAX groundings following the loss of two aircraft in quick succession to the same design flaw, ECA President Jon Horne called of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) to adopt a stronger stance in vetting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) plans to return the type to service, and claimed that members were losing faith in the regulator over its allegedly passive approach to its certification.