Cabin Crew, Civil Aviation, Pilots, Uncategorized

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British Airways passengers fled a burning plane with luggage. Here’s why you shouldn’t do that (washingtonpost.com)

Your plane is on fire. You can see smoke billowing outside the windows. Flight attendants are screaming to evacuate. So you unbuckle your seat belt, stand up, open the overhead compartment and make sure you grab that nice piece of luggage you brought with you. I mean, you can’t possibly let it burn! Wait, what? […]


September 11, 2015

Cabin Crew, Civil Aviation, ITF news online, Pilots

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Unions applaud crew and firefighter action over BA2276 evacuation

Three ITF affiliates have joined the federation in praising the actions of firefighters and the crew on board British Airways flight 2276 in evacuating 172 people when the plane caught fire before take-off this morning at Las Vegas airport. Many of the cabin crew are members of the ITF-affiliated Unite union based at Gatwick airport […]


September 10, 2015