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Remember to join us in calling for Worker’s Rights at Qatar Airways! You can send an e-protest here >> http://bit.ly/1mQlYU5 You can also multiply the action with social media and Thunderclap. If we reach our desired number of supporters on the 8 March, Thunderclap will blasts a specially timed one-off Facebook Post or Tweet from all supporters creating a […]
International Labor Organisation estimates aviation sector has a 0.1% profit margin. With world’s airlines eager to cut crew costs – is life as a flight attendant getting worse? As a British Airways flight attendant with a quarter-century of service, John (not his real name) has a regular schedule. He can decide the type of flights […]
Fired – for getting pregnant? Need permission – to get married? Under constant surveillance – in your own home? If you think this is wrong – then join us, and tell Qatar Airways to improve conditions for its women workers. Sign the petition here>> We’ll be in touch soon with our final way for you […]
ETF welcomes the new non-punitive occurrence reporting system Today, Wednesday 26 February 2014, the European Parliament adopted the compromise text agreed by the Commission, the Council and the Parliament on the new European occurrence reporting Regulation. The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF), which represents air traffic controllers (ATCOs), pilots and all other categories of civil […]
In the context of an EU-funded project, the ETF Civil Aviation Section has decided to set up an online survey to investigate the evolution of the labour market in the airline industry following the development of low fares airlines. Needless to say that all civil aviation employees are affected by this issue. This online survey […]
Finnair is lowering operating costs by laying off Finnish employees and contracting more staff from abroad. The company says that employing American cabin crew members on its New York route as of March will create sizable savings. Already one-fifth of Finnair’s cabin personnel have been contracted from abroad. Over the past five years, Finnair has […]
The new Commission Regulation (EU) No 83/2014 of 29 January 2014 amending Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council is published. Publication of the document took more time than usual do to some […]
On 31 January 2014, the European Commission adopted a Regulation defining EU-wide rules on Flight Time Limitations (FTL) for European cabin crew and pilots. Thanks to the strong pressure of the European Transport Workers ’Federation (ETF) and other stakeholders, the original EASA proposal has been improved. A number of significant concerns for workers have been […]