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29 Oct 2021

BALPA members elect a pilot to top union role 

Members of the British Airline Pilots’ Association have elected a former pilot to the role of General Secretary of the organisation.  

Captain Martin Chalk, a former British Airways Pilot takes over the permanent leadership role at the union after a three-month stint as the Acting General Secretary.  

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27 Oct 2021

Chancellor ‘drunk on prosecco and pubs’, but no support for aviation, says BALPA

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22 Sep 2021

The British Airline Pilots Association and Norse Atlantic Airways announce partnership to bring hundreds of jobs to the UK

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20 Sep 2021

BALPA welcomes the lifting of the US-UK travel ban as a major breakthough for the aviation industry

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Keeping safety central as aviation gets flying again

20 Sep 2021
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Pilots welcome the ‘first step to removing the shackles that have constrained aviation’

17 Sep 2021
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Piloting the Covid Crisis: My Story of Redundancy

10 Sep 2021
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‘Don’t shut down our engines before we are clear for take-off’: the message from pilots as furlough end approaches.   

09 Sep 2021
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New survey shows 98% of pilots do not have confidence in Transport Secretary’s support for aviation

06 Sep 2021
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UK Government undermining Global Britain – BALPA Calls for Aviation Restart Summit

04 Sep 2021
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Pilots say greedy Ryanair is failing its staff as pilots continue to sacrifice wages 

03 Sep 2021