EU emission law

[wondering]

I figured since it certainly affects our jobs why not bring it up here:

U.S. House to EU: A pox on your emissions law: AINonline (http://www.ainonline.com/news/single-news-page/article/us-house-to-eu-a-pox-on-your-emissions-law-30708/)

Finally this EU :mad: faces some serious resistance. :ok:

[Gulfstreamaviator]

The original Boston tea party.

Are we to believe that the USA has not imposed its own laws on the rest of the world.

Now its the EU's turn.

Glf

[doyll]

Hope the U.S. can have an effect on EU governing body. EU governing body has been running ruff shod over EU countries.

[akerosid]

With respect, Gulfstreamaviation, this is a different situation. Aviation agreements between countries are made by consent; one country can't impose conditions on another and we all remember what a long drawn out affair the negotiation of US/EU Open Skies was. It would never have been agreed had this nonsense been part of it.

America, as the article says, is not the only country objecting; China recently blocked an A380 order by HK Airlines over the issue and other countries are likely to object. Personally, I can see all of these countries simply stopping EU flights as of 1st January, until the EU sees sense.

With the EU economy in a spot of bother at the moment, the last thing it needs is this kind of nonsense - especially when it will be looking to China for help with its economic problems. Basically it comes down to a choice: this will not go ahead - does the EU want to recognise this the easy way (and voluntarily put it on the back burner), or the hard way - with the possible cost of thousands of jobs.