Flying for work or pleasure carries a number of challenges, depending on ones wealth and attitude to the environment. I have had the privilege of meeting local campaigners for environmental issues, some of whom I know do fly occasionally when there is a good reason to do so and some of whom would never get on an Airplane in their lives. I personally love the experience of flying but a combination of cost of the flights and the environmental cost means I have rarely been on a plane. In my lifetime I have flown to Germany four times, once for a holiday, and to Amsterdam once for business and to Thailand once, again for business. However I know that our national profile is very different to my own experience. Whilst many people do not fly at all, there are significant numbers of people who fly regularly. Last year the benefit to our economy from aviation was calculated as raising £52Bn with around 1m jobs. Of the number of passengers passing through UK airports, 63% were flying to other parts of Europe, and some whilst travelling to other parts of the world, would have travelled via a European destination. On my trip to Thailand, albeit during 1988, we stopped at Frankfurt on the way out and in Paris on the way back. The challenge of resolving a UK agreement with the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) is merely one part of the EU negotiations. However due to the way in which air travel is scheduled, the agreement over the ECAA will need to be in place by the end of September. If the Government is to debate any agreement over the ECAA (which falls under the European Court of Justice) in advance of the end of September, bearing in mind the way in which Parliament works each year, they will need to have a proposed agreement in place by the end of June at the latest to stand any chance of complying with their promises. That means that David Davis and his team have a mere 6 months to resolve such matters before the threat to our economy begins to tighten around us.