The European Cockpit Association (ECA) is the representative body of European pilots associations, striving for the highest levels of aviation safety and fostering social rights and quality employment for pilots in Europe. It represents 40.000 pilots from across Europe.
ECA
European Cockpit Association
Trade union · Belgium · EU Transparency Register 39838147687-59
7
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
6
legislative files
of 665 tracked
4
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 410 trade unions and professional associations on this site, they rank #102 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
5.2
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€400K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
1
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2012
in the register since
Declares membership of
- Ifalpa International Air Line Pilots Associations http://www.ifalpa.org
- Flight Safety Foundation https://flightsafety.org/
- EUROCAE https://www.eurocae.net/
- CEN https://www.cen.eu/Pages/default.aspx
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade unions and professional associations
- Head office
- Brussels, Belgium
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
European Cockpit Association filed 7 positions between 21 Apr 2020 and 19 Jun 2026, across 6 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 4 times.
2020 · 2 filed2021 · 2 filed2025 · 1 filed2026 · 2 filed
What they argued
The European Cockpit Association (ECA) is the representative body of European pilots associations, striving for the highest levels of aviation safety and fostering social rights and quality employment for pilots in Europe. It represents 40.000 pilots from across Europe. More information at www.eurocockpit.be. Here is ECA's feed-back about ReFuelEU Aviation Commission's legislative proposal.
ECA is the representative body of European pilot associations, representing 40.000 pilots from across Europe. More info about ECA at www.eurocockpit.be. ECA fully supports a common European policy to incentivise and use Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) for the mid- to long-term.
ECA represents 44.000 pilots in Europe. The members of the association experience every day working across borders. The EU is a framework that facilitates movements also for pilots. However, pilots as citizens that work and move across countries also experience difficulties due to the complexity of some atypical situations. We would like to share some examples and ideas.
European pilots welcome the launch of the revision of the Air Services Regulation and aspire for the process to result in a tangible hard law that addresses the loopholes that currently exist in the provision of air services.
The European Cockpit Association, as a representative body of European pilot associations, welcomes the European Commissions initiative in the framework of the Fair Labour Mobility package. The European Labour Authority, as an organisation that oversees cross-border mobility, has proved efficient for highly mobile workers such as aircrew.
ECA is the representative body of European pilot associations, representing 40.000 pilots from across Europe. More info about ECA at www.eurocockpit.be. ECA supports a gradual reduction of the ETS allowances allocated for free to airlines and strongly urges that the additional revenues generated be earmarked to contribute to actively promote the development of SAF, and more specifically the 'electro-fuels' which are…
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