Safety Bulletin IFALPA: Closure of Airspace in Moldova, Ukraine, and Part of Rostov FIR of the Russian Federation

There is notification from the ICAO Regional Office for the European and North Atlantic Region of the closure of a number of FIRs in Moldova, Ukraine, and the Russian Federation. The notification is attached and provides details of the NOTAMs in force.

Press release from IFALPA Member Association, ALPA Canada

Tim Perry, president of the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) Canada, issued the following statement of support today after the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) declared a national boycott of Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). “On behalf of the 6,000 ALPA Canada members, we stand unwaveringly behind the SAS pilots. Due to the pandemic, SAS management laid off 560 pilots [40 percent of the workforce]. Last September, the airline management informed its remaining employees that new companies were being established [“SAS Connect” and “SAS Link”].

Living the dream – Recommandations to aspiring pilots

The career as an airline pilot still attracts a large number of applicants every year. Aside from free training (public school or training sponsored and paid for by the future employer), aspiring pilots go into massive debt to train despite the very uncertain outlook. While there are now a large number of pilots on the European market, many airlines are taking advantage of this to offer increasingly precarious employment contracts:

Living the dream – Recommandations aux aspirants pilotes

Le métier de pilote de ligne fait toujours rêver et attire tous les ans un grand nombre de candidats. En dehors des formations gratuites (école publique ou formations sponsorisées et payées par le futur employeur), les aspirants pilotes s’endettent massivement pour se former malgré des perspectives très incertaines. Alors que les pilotes sont désormais très nombreux sur le marché européen, beaucoup de compagnies en profitent pour proposer des contrats de travail toujours plus précaires (...)

Press release ECA: European trade union representatives support decarbonisation of aviation

The ETF, EFFAT, UNI Europa, IndustriAll Europe and ECA welcome the Toulouse Declaration on future sustainability and decarbonisation in aviation, which was adopted on 4 February 2022 the Aviation Summit under the French presidency of the Council of the EU.

Press Release ECA/IFALPA on Tensions in Eastern Europe

The International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) and the European Cockpit Association (ECA) are highly concerned with the situation of heightened tensions in Eastern Europe. The situation appears comparable to that of summer 2014, which led to the tragic downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 (...)

La Ligne n°676 de janvier 2022 est disponible

L’accord de Paris sur le climat, signé en 2015, a lancé à l’échelle internationale un processus d’adaptation au changement climatique et d’atténuation de l’impact des activités humaines sur le climat. À l’échelle européenne, ce principe trouve sa concrétisation dans le Pacte Vert européen (ou Green Deal). En 2021, ce pacte est décliné par la Commission européenne sous la forme d’une série de propositions législatives à large portée dont le but est de réduire drastiquement les émissions de gaz à effet de serre. Baptisé « Fit For 55 », ce paquet climat dispose d’un certain nombre de mesures et d’un calendrier pour atteindre des objectifs clairs en 2030 puis à l’horizon 2050 (...)