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PILOTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST UNSAFE FATIGUE RULES

16.05.2012

Hundreds of pilots from across Europe demonstrated in front of the European Aviation Safety Agency, in Cologne against new pilot fatigue rules.

BALPA PAYS TRIBUTE TO HELICOPTER PILOTS’ SKILLS

10.05.2012

In response to the Bond helicopter ditching in the North Sea the British Airline Pilots’ Association has praised the airmanship of the pilots

TENTATIVE WELCOME TO BMI REGIONAL PURCHASE

10.05.2012

BALPA gives a tentative welcome to the news that bmi Regional has been sold to a Scottish consortium, Sector Aviation Holdings

BALPA COMMENT ON BMIBABY

03.05.2012

BALPA General Secretary, Jim McAuslan, comments on the closure of bmibaby.

BA/BMI MERGER: GROWING ANGER

24.04.2012

BALPA has said that there is growing anger within pilots at bmi Baby and bmi Regional that their futures are in the balance

BA/BMI: BALPA TO PRESS LUFTHANSA ON PENSION

18.04.2012

BALPA has expressed dismay as the British Midland Airways Ltd Pension Scheme is set to enter an assessment period with the Pension Protection Fund. 

AIR CANADA INCIDENT : FATIGUE TO BLAME

17.04.2012

Canada's Transport Safety Board has published a report which says that an incident in which an airliner dived and caused 16 injuries was due to pilot fatigue.

EACH JOB LOSS IN BMI IS A PERSONAL TRAGEDY

12.04.2012

BALPA will be allocating all the resources at its disposal to support pilots affected by British Airways’ acquisition of bmi which will lead to up to 1,200 redundancies

BALPA JOINS GLOBAL TRANSPORT WORKERS’ UNION

02.04.2012

BALPA has announced that it has joined the global union the ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) as its 691st member.

BA/BMI MERGER: REGULATORY APPROVAL MAY PROVE TO BE THE EASY PART

30.03.2012

BALPA has said that there must be a secure future for pilots in all parts of the BMI group following the EU’s approval of the BA/bmi merger.