CNFAS STATEMENT - Tuesday 3 November 2020 - Second lockdown and aviation activity
News from 3 November 2020. It has not been updated since it was published: some information may have changed. Latest news
The Aeronautical and Sports Federations brought together within the CNFAS are very aware of their responsibilities and those of their members in controlling the Covid-19 epidemic affecting the country and, as during the first lockdown, they are implementing within their organisations all the measures necessary to prevent the spread of the virus.
However, they draw the authorities' attention to the threats that total inactivity over a period of several weeks could pose, on the one hand to their very existence and on the other to flight safety.
In particular, the federations ask for confirmation, as during the first lockdown, that maintenance activities (including ferry and check flights) may continue so that workshops can maintain a minimum of activity and operators can guarantee the safety of their fleet.
It is also necessary that airfields remain open for the safety of authorised flights, that ongoing aviation training can continue, and that tests and qualifications can continue to take place during lockdown.
The federations also ask, as in spring, for a postponement of the deadlines for licences, qualifications and medical fitness of aircrew, as well as the validity of aircraft airworthiness certificates, for a period appropriate to the length of the lockdown that is beginning.
The CNFAS is following very closely the development of the rules and protocols governing lockdown and will communicate regularly on the subject.
The CNFAS
- 9 federations, 140 000 members, 3 200 clubs, 24 000 powered aircraft, 2 000 gliders.
- Public-interest associations recognised by the Ministries of Transport and Sport, the federations offer young people in our country, on a voluntary basis, an ideal, aeronautical training, an exciting and demanding way of life, and above all a professional future.
- The federations play a very important role in France's place in the aeronautical world: success in sporting competitions, supervising young people in aeronautical activities, training pilots, training engineers and technicians, innovation through amateur building, and preserving flying heritage.
