NEWS from BALPA

British Airline Pilots’ Association
Thursday 6th December 2007

PILOTS CALL FOR 'AIR RAGE' SUMMIT

Commenting on the latest air rage figures released by the department of transport today, Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilot’s Association (BALPA) said:

‘Although the number of Air Rage incidents has risen over the past 12 months there has been a slight drop in the percentage of disruptive passengers, given that the number of people flying has increased. We are pleased about that but are very disappointed that the Government’s Air Navigation order 2005 has not had more effect. We were hoping it would have had more bite. So What we need now is a high level conference of all the parties involved to see what else can be done to tackle air rage which puts the lives of passengers and crew at risk.’

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