🤝BALPA believes #SafetyStartsWith2, and you can find out more in our Reduced Crew Operations Webinar - Don't miss it!
🧑✈️In exactly one weeks time, BALPA will be hosting a webinar on RCO, and the future for the aviation industry.
You can register today👉https://t.co/LpXXSaP3MV
The pilot shortage isn’t real and a difference of two years will hurt air travel. Learn how raising the pilot retirement age to 67 outweighs any
potential benefits.
Learn more: https://t.co/74EHe9D23G
#Aviation#Pilots#Congress
New: Emirates CEO has said he’s witnessed the “progressive decline” in Boeing’s standards, which he put down to long-running management and governance mis-steps, including prioritising financial performance over engineering excellence. https://t.co/3gQ2PAiz6Y
Margaret Thatcher told us we couldn’t have a trade union.
We fought back - and won.
Now the Tories are again threatening the right to strike.
So this Saturday, I’ll be marching again in Cheltenham.
Will you be joining me?
#OTD 15 years ago, having 2 pilots on the flight deck of US Airways #Flight1549 saved lives. There’s no automated or remotely operated replacement for the collaboration, communication & airplane feel made possible by having at least 2 pilots on the flight deck. #SafetyStartsWith2
#ICYMI: On every commercial airline flight, safety starts with at least 2 fully trained and highly qualified pilots on the flight deck—and that can’t be replaced with a computer. We're glad to see @Delta’s CEO agrees. Learn more: https://t.co/KeCs5yoNgU #SafetyStartsWith2
"Every aspect of flight safety is deliberately designed for a team with shared responsibilities working together... Removing one pilot introduces unnecessary safety risks..." Joint column by @eu_cockpit@ALPAPilots & IFALPA Presidents #safetystartswith2 https://t.co/v2KNp4NrQR
"We’re determined to do whatever is necessary to stop this dangerous concept and to preserve the highest possible level of aviation safety." Read the @eu_cockpit President's column on why reduced crew operations are a threat to global #aviation safety. https://t.co/1bnJOZPqed
The push to reduce the number of pilots on the flight deck is being done for economics—not safety. It’s deeply concerning & will introduce unacceptable & needless risk. Read more by @ALPAPresident and @EU_Cockpit & @IFALPA's leaders: https://t.co/JFGV42hd1t
#SafetyStartsWith2
Pilots falling asleep due to fatigue? 😴 Sadly, not exactly breaking news. However, we welcome the discussion on #PilotFatigue at the Transport Ministers' Council today. This is part of a wider problem in the #aviation industry. Let's take a look🧵
The British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) is delighted with a court win for one of our members on bogus self-employment. Read more here: https://t.co/qloQVrHVmC
Our full members receive unrivalled legal assistance & support as Jason Lutz explains: https://t.co/412ws2OKMf
Contrail avoidance may be seen by some as the ‘low hanging fruit’ in reducing aviation’s climate impact. These are the top 5 recommendations from pilots: https://t.co/uzvcfPy0Vm
#SustainableAviation#contrails#climate#CO2#aviation
🌍 Transforming aviation towards climate neutrality requires us to address non-CO2 effects, including #contrails. Excited to join EUROCONTROL's 2-day event dedicated to contrails. Tomorrow, ECA's Patrick Arpino will participate in the panel discussion on non-CO2 MRV.
📢 Exciting news! Our new position paper on Contrails is out now! 🛫✈️ Discover how European pilots can contribute to achieving real environmental gains by avoiding contrails. 🌍https://t.co/qiooGpJamb