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 (...)

Safety Bulletin IFALPA: APPROACH Procedures and Restrictions at Tokyo Haneda

Tokyo Haneda Airport is located only 5nm south of Metropolitan Tokyo and is partially a landfill airport on Tokyo Bay. The airport’s history dates to the World War II era. Since then, the airport has made several expansions as the economy of Tokyo, and all of Japan, grew quickly. This rapid expansion resulted in airport modifications which are noncompliant with ICAO standards, and has created many complicated taxiways and operational limitations for the operators (...)