News archive
09.02.2010
Jim McAuslan comments on the Government announcement that the Soteria Consortium has been awarded preferred bidder status to provide airborne search and rescue (SAR) provision for the United Kingdom
22.01.2010
Statement from Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association
20.01.2010
Britain's airline pilots claimed a 'victory for commonsense' after bookmakers Paddy Power stopped taking bets on which airline will next go bankrupt after BALPA lodged a complaint.
11.01.2010
Britain's pilots have a new leadership team for their union.
08.01.2010
An impressive £10,000 was donated over the holiday season to the Hardship fund set up for those BALPA members who lost their jobs without compensation when Globespan collapsed.
30.12.2009
2010 will bring improved prospects for airlines like Monarch, Thomas Cook and Thomson who are in the leisure business, the British Airline Pilots' Association has predicted.
23.12.2009
The National Executive Council has established the BALPA Hardship Fund to support the redundancies in Flyglobespan.
22.12.2009
Register your support for recognition at Jet2.com
21.12.2009
BALPA General Secretary Jim McAuslan looks into the challenges facing the aviation industry in 2010.
17.12.2009
The British Airline Pilots' Association has said the collapse of Fly Globespan should bring home to everyone the fragility of the aviation industry.
14.12.2009
Captain Sandy Mitchell, Chairman of the BALPA Flight Safety committee comments on the maiden flight of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft.
14.12.2009
Pilots in British Airways said today that they hoped for a resolution of the dispute between the airline and its cabin crew 'even at this, the eleventh hour.'
11.12.2009
Paul Bishop of DHL Air Ltd and Jim McAuslan of BALPA have agreed a roadmap whereby there will be a formal recognition agreement between BALPA and DHL
26.11.2009
Listen to Brendan Barber, TUC General Secretary, address BALPA delegates at the 2009 ADC.
25.11.2009
The British AirLine Pilots' Association (BALPA) is to enter talks with BMI in a bid to mitigate compulsory redundancies.
24.11.2009
Despite the economic battering of the past 12 months BALPA’s Annual Delegate Conference was hugely successful
19.11.2009
From the 19th of November, all EU Member States will be bound by new air safety standards requiring them to ensure pilot fatigue regulations are based on “scientific principles and knowledge”.
13.11.2009
Representatives of BALPA and SEPLA, the unions representing pilots in British Airways and Iberia, have welcomed the news of the merger between Iberia and British Airways.
28.10.2009
Airline pilots who fly the aircraft of 10 scheduled airlines and four charter airlines into and out of Glasgow International Airport have thrown their weight behind moves to restore budget spend on the proposed new rail link.
16.10.2009
The ECA and ETF has launched an Action Plan calling on the EU Institutions to swiftly revise EU fatigue law in line with latest scientific evidence.
05.10.2009
Pilots from 36 countries protested on Monday October 5 that the European Parliament and European Commission are putting at risk airline passenger lives.
17.09.2009
The British Airline Pilots' Association has spoken at the Trades Union Congress in Liverpool on the concerns surrounding Air Passenger Duty.
16.09.2009
FLYER Professional Flight Training Exhibition, October 31st, FREE entry to BALPA members
16.09.2009
The TUC, meeting in Liverpool threw its weight behind a call from the pilots' union BALPA (British Airline Pilots' Association) for a North Sea oil and gas Safety Summit.
15.09.2009
In 2012 existing FTL safety schemes (such as CAP371) will either be replaced by new European-wide rules or become 'alternative schemes'.
04.09.2009
The British Airline Pilots' Association comments on on easyJet'S announcement of cuts in its operations.
02.09.2009
easyJet Pilots’ Group web survey for the Pay and Benefits campaign 2009 has been launched.
01.09.2009
easyJet management’s failure to comply with restoring crew food to pre-April levels has re-opened the dispute on crew food.
12.08.2009
Faced with looming redundancies the pilots at BA Citiflyer have pulled together to agree a package of measures to save costs.
17.07.2009
US Aviation Authorities have set a cracking timetable of modernising US pilot fatigue rules by 1st September
13.07.2009
BALPA comments on the British Airways ballot result, in which 94% of BA pilots voted in an 83% poll in favour of a cost-saving package which will save the Company £26m per year.
06.07.2009
The British Airline Pilots' Association has warned that the number of incidents of laser beams being shone into aircraft cockpits and temporarily blinding pilots during take-off and landing has increased dramatically in recent years.
06.07.2009
The Virgin Atlantic Airways' announcement that up to 600 jobs are threatened with redundancy is extremely worrying the British Airline Pilots' Association said.
30.06.2009
Jim McAuslan (General Secretary) on behalf of the British Airline Pilots’ Association welcomes the announcement by the Government that the designation order on airport Restricted Zone (RZ) passes is to be lifted.
18.06.2009
BALPA has reached a draft pay and productivity package with BA which would see pilots deliver a permanent annual saving programme of £26 million from 1st October 2009. The package will now be put to membership ballot with a recommendation to accept.
14.06.2009
BA Citiflyer announced a surplus of pilots and the Company Council is consulting with the management to explore ways of protecting jobs.
08.06.2009
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association, comments on negotiations over the financial challenge faced by British Airways.
02.06.2009
The European Cockpit Association offered on behalf of all 38,000+ professional pilot colleagues from 36 Country Member Associations, their deepest sympathies on the tragic loss of friends, colleagues and passengers on board flight AF447.
01.06.2009
Results out today suggest that air passengers, travelling long haul from regional airports in the UK could desert British airlines and the major UK airports if the Government fails to take action over Air Passenger Duty
22.05.2009
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association, comments on the results of British Airways.
06.05.2009
BALPA stepped up its campaign against the national ID card as airside workers at Manchester Airport are told they will have to apply for the card or lose their jobs.
27.04.2009
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is coordinating the global response to human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) and monitoring the corresponding threat of an influenza pandemic.
20.04.2009
The British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) which represents over 80 per cent of Britain's professional airline and helicopter pilots, believes that commercial pressures could be undermining safety in the oil and gas industry in the North Sea.
14.04.2009
The British Airline Pilots' Assosiation has welcomed the speed of the AAIB’s initial response into the Super Puma fatal accident and said it is confident that the helicopter industry will implement the initial recommendations on the AS332L2 helicopter.
03.04.2009
The Court of Appeal today handed down it's judgment in British Airways Plc v Williams and others.
25.03.2009
BALPA responds to announcement of redundancies at Bristow helicopters
18.03.2009
BALPA’s campaigning work is being ramped up to ensure that the available science is taken into account in the writing of the new European FTL scheme which will supplant national schemes come 2012.
27.02.2009
In a move that bucks the trend, Thomson Airways and its pilots, represented by BALPA, have reached a landmark agreement which will secure pilot jobs without resorting to compulsory redundancies.
23.02.2009
The FLYER Professional Flight Training Exhibition is a 'must attend' exhibition for anyone considering a career as a commercial pilot and will provide you with all the information you need to get your career heading in the right direction.
19.02.2009
The ditching of an AS225 Super Puma shows why putting safety at the heart of aviation is not an optional extra, the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) has said.
18.02.2009
As part of the Professional Affairs Team’s learning and development programme John Stembridge-King and Terry Brandon attended the TUC/IDS Pay Bargaining in 2009 Conference on 17 February at Congress House in London.
16.02.2009
In what could be the first clash over the Governments intention to introduce ID cards and make it mandatory for airline pilots to carry them, the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) has vowed to step up its opposition.
13.02.2009
The British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) and the airline bmi have reached a draft agreement over a pay dispute.
10.02.2009
Airline pilots throughout German airline Lufhansa and its subsidiaries joined forces today to condemn British carrier BMI - Lufthansa's latest aquisition - for reneging on the last year of its three year pay deal with British pilots.
06.02.2009
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA), comments on BA's third quarter results and the call from the company for a significant cost reduction.
03.02.2009
Pilots in the airline BMI are now voting on a motion of no confidence in chief executive Nigel Turner as their union BALPA is considering legal action after an unprecedented pay scandal.
30.01.2009
Following continued pressure from BALPA - with effect from the 26th of January flightcrew are now permitted to carry contact lens solution in quantities of up to 150ml.
29.01.2009
As airlines in Britain and other countries cut services and cut jobs, a new book to be launched in London on Friday (January 30) reveals many of the ills of the airline industry.
22.01.2009
The 38,000 airline pilots in the European Union are demanding that the recommendations from a scientific team investigating pilot fatigue should be adopted as soon as possible.
15.01.2009
Britain's airline pilots do not see a third runway at Heathrow as the end of the story, welcome though the announcement is says BALPA (the British Airline Pilots' Association).
31.12.2008
The 2008 BALPA Annual Report has been published and is being sent to every member. Jim McAuslan, BALPA General Secretary, outlines the challenges for 2009.
08.12.2008
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) comments on protestors invading the runway at Stansted Airport.
03.12.2008
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association, comments on the Queen's Speech.
03.12.2008
BALPA comments on merger talks between British Airways and Qantas.
02.12.2008
BALPA members employed by the Police Aviation Services (PAS) have voted to accept a 5% pay rise.
28.11.2008
bmi baby redundancy announcement on 26th November affecting BHX and EMA bases.
18.11.2008
The British Airline Pilots' Association has warned the Government about forcing pilots and other airport workers to hold the National Identity Card.
06.11.2008
Jim McAuslan, BALPA General Secretary, comments on the announcement that pilots and all other airport workers in Manchesster and London City airports will be required to have the Government's ID card next year.
03.11.2008
BALPA is to write to Sir Michael Bishop asking what steps he has taken as part of selling his controlling interest in bmi to make sure his hard working and loyal staff are protected.
01.11.2008
Jim McAuslan, BALPA General Secretary comments on the current UK RZ (restricted zone) pass system.
31.10.2008
BALPA continues to help members affected by the collapse of XL Airways.
28.10.2008
BALPA held its first training seminar for locally based Security Liaison Representatives on 21st/22nd October 2008.
27.10.2008
BALPA has been working hard on its mission to provide its members and representatives with a new website.
11.10.2008
Search and Rescue helicopter pilots situation over maximum permitted hours at three Coastguard units around the country has been resolved.
24.09.2008
BALPA General Secretary, Jim McAuslan, comments on the resignation of Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly.
19.09.2008
The British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) has called for an enquiry into the collapse of airline and holiday group XL.
12.09.2008
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA), comments on the collapse of XL.
11.09.2008
BALPA is to lay a case against the British Government at the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
03.09.2008
Mick Brade, BALPA Principal Negotiator, comments on the decision by Bristow Helicopters at Norwich to vote in favour of accepting a new life style roster.
12.08.2008
BALPA members employed by Bristow Helicopters are currently being balloted on a 3 year pay deal. The result of the ballot will be published on Thursday 28th August
06.08.2008
Following discussions between BALPA and GMB, a revised offer has been made which GMB will recommend to its members and in the meantime suspend industrial action.
29.07.2008
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) comments on the announcement that British Airways is in merger talks with Iberia.
31.07.2007
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