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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 […]

News
16 Dec 2022

BALPA welcomes world first Net Zero flight as a good step towards sustainability.  

News
15 Dec 2022

BALPA welcomes the new TUI pilot cadet scheme

Commentary
28 Nov 2022

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

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BALPA meets with Jet2 to discuss a way forward on scheduling and rostering

23 Nov 2022
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BALPA welcomes the Government’s Generation Aviation initiative

31 Oct 2022
Commentary

TUC Congress Conference

20 Oct 2022
Commentary

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

11 Oct 2022
Commentary

When the stiff upper lip starts to wobble…

10 Oct 2022
Commentary

Remembering David Marshall

30 Sep 2022
News

New research highlights the damaging effect of COVID-19 mitigations on UK pilots and the aviation industry 

22 Sep 2022