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22 Dec 2022

Christmas with pilots

Working over Christmas is one of the downsides of being a pilot. On longhaul, pilots can be rostered on trips that depart before Christmas itself and so be away on the 25th, or depart on the 25th, or arrive home sometime during the 25th itself. On shorthaul there can be “there and backs”, or as […]

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28 Nov 2022

A day in the life of a North Sea helicopter pilot…..

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20 Oct 2022

TUC Congress Conference

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11 Oct 2022

Knowledge is Genderless: Why it’s important to break down the pilot stereotype

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When the stiff upper lip starts to wobble…

10 Oct 2022
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Remembering David Marshall

30 Sep 2022
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Feeling hot, hot, hot

18 Jul 2022
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85 years of BALPA protecting the piloting profession and keeping flights safe.

27 Jun 2022
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Aviation: The environmental, technological and political challenge

24 Jun 2022
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Life in a warzone: the real experience of a colleague at Ukraine ALPA

29 Apr 2022
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Aviation and Politics: Landing BALPA’s Interests in Government

28 Apr 2022