Safety Bulletin IFALPA: GNSS Interference at Mexico City

Over the past year, various operators have reported the loss of GNSS signal in the MMMX terminal area. GNSS signal jamming in MMMX could result in navigation errors and/or avionics system failures. While this impacts the approach phase of flight, the remaining threat to terminal operations still exists.

EASA Safety Information Bulletin – Possible Risks Emerging During Summer 2023

After two years of significant traffic reductions, the aviation industry in Europe experienced a strong recovery in summer 2022. However, the recovery came together with significant travel disruptions. Travel demands and traffic levels for summer 2023 are forecast to be significantly higher than in 2022. Air operators, aerodromes, ATM/ANS service providers, maintenance organisations, and training organisations continue to face significant challenges in having sufficient qualified personnel, availability of aircraft, spare parts, and traffic slots to cope with the increased demand. Precursors of possible disruptions have already been evident in April and May 2023 with some time to go until the peak of the summer operational season (...)

Press Release ITF/IFALPA: ITF and IFALPA achieve major progress on workers’ rights at ILO

LONDON, MONTREAL – The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) have secured significant steps forward in the goal to advancing labour standards at a tripartite meeting at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. The conclusions of the April meeting, which recommend measures to progress labour standards, will be formally adopted when approved by the ILO’s Governing Body later this year. The meeting brought government officials of ILO member countries and employers and workers’ representatives together to examine labour issues in the aviation industry. The goal was to discuss opportunities and challenges in occupational safety and health and the promotion of good jobs to shape the post-pandemic recovery of a sustainable aviation industry (...)

La Ligne 691 de mai 2023 est disponible

Les différentes instances, internes et externes, dans lesquelles le SNPL dispose de représentants œuvrant pour la communauté pilote, sont à l’honneur ce mois-ci. Le SNPL met en effet désormais à votre disposition sur son site web un carnet de contacts qui vous permettra de mieux connaître l’étendue des actions du syndicat, d’en savoir plus sur des organismes jusque-là peu mis en avant, d’en (re)découvrir le travail et surtout d’en contacter les représentants en seulement quelques clics (...)