Press Release
BALPA is regularly quoted in the national and regional media about our campaigns and representation work on behalf of members. For all BALPA media enquiries please contact: Keith Bill on
07968 528 527/
020 8656 0860 or by email
keithbill01@gmail.com6/18/2009 9:52:44 AM
BALPA has reached a draft pay and productivity package with BA which would see pilots deliver a permanent annual saving programme of £26 million from 1st October 2009. The package will now be put to membership ballot with a recommendation to accept.
6/8/2009 9:53:40 AM
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association, comments on negotiations over the financial challenge faced by British Airways.
6/1/2009 9:55:31 AM
Results out today suggest that air passengers, travelling long haul from regional airports in the UK could desert British airlines and the major UK airports if the Government fails to take action over Air Passenger Duty (APD).
5/22/2009 10:11:27 AM
Jim McAuslan, General Secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association, comments on the results of British Airways.
5/6/2009 10:13:22 AM
BALPA stepped up its campaign against the national ID card as airside workers at Manchester Airport are told they will have to apply for the card or lose their jobs.
4/20/2009 10:00:46 AM
The British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) which represents over 80 per cent of Britain's professional airline and helicopter pilots, believes that commercial pressures could be undermining safety in the oil and gas industry in the North Sea.
4/14/2009 8:58:05 AM
The British Airline Pilots' Assosiation has welcomed the speed of the AAIB’s initial response into the Super Puma fatal accident and said it is confident that the helicopter industry will implement the initial recommendations on the AS332L2 helicopter.
4/3/2009 8:58:05 AM
The Court of Appeal has handed down it's judgment in British Airways Plc v Williams and others.
3/25/2009 8:58:05 AM
BALPA responds to announcement of redundancies at Bristow helicopters
2/27/2009 8:58:05 AM
In a move that bucks the trend, Thomson Airways and its pilots, represented by BALPA, have reached a landmark agreement which will secure pilot jobs without resorting to compulsory redundancies.