the “relief” of civil aeronautics after Emmanuel Macron’s announcements

Traveling to Gironde, Emmanuel Macron announced that he wanted to strengthen the French fleet to fight the fires. For Christophe Govillot, spokesperson for the national union of civil aeronautical flight personnel, it is “a relief“.”Over the past few days, we’ve had a stupid and unproductive battle of numbers. We are not spoiled children who want more planes. We want to meet a need that is legitimate today“, explains the spokesperson.

A need that must be considered on a European scale, according to Christophe Govillot. “This is the challenge of the European order which is already in place. 12 Canadairs will be signed in the coming months by Europe and distributed across 6 countries. This fleet will be made available to any country that needs immediate assistance.“As for the means to be put in place in the short term, Christophe Govillot considers that it is necessary to be”reinforced not in the next five days, but for the whole fire season which promises to be very long and difficult“.