Following MH370 and MH17, what now for Malaysia Airlines workers? (equaltimes.org)

by Clare Speak When the call came late on the evening of 18 July, Malaysia Airlines staff rushed to Kuala Lumpur International Airport and soon found themselves reliving a nightmare that they’d hoped to start putting behind them. Waiting anxiously alongside colleagues for news of a flight believed to be lost, just as they had […]


August 7, 2014

No flights over war zones: TWU (9news.com.au)

The Abbott government must step in to re-route Qantas and other Australian flights away from conflict zones in the wake of the MH17 tragedy, a union leader says. Transport Workers Union (TWU) national secretary Tony Sheldon said travellers should have the right to know if their plane is travelling over a war zone. “The airlines […]