This decision is significant in that it confirms, under French law, amongst other things:
- That an absence of scientific consensus on an issue doesn’t absolve an employer of its responsibility to exercise precaution in protecting its workers.
- That a balance of multiple types of evidence can be used to determine occupational illness, including: subject matter expert reports, scientific literature, biological proof, and chronology of symptoms.
- That employer has onerous obligations to proactively address potential hazards to worker health.
- Fume events are well-documented.
Read the press release from AVSA, partner organization to the Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE) HERE.
Lire le communiqué de presse de l’AVSA, organisation partenaire du Global Cabin Air Quality Executive (GCAQE) ICI.
Consult the tribunal’s decision HERE (French only).
In solidarity,
Your Airline Division Council of Presidents