Cabin Crew, Civil Aviation

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JAL recruit cabin crew on a permanent basis (a news story from Kohkuren, Japan)

In December 2015, Japan Airlines (JAL) announced a change to the employment practices it has had since 1994, and will now recruit cabin crew members on a permanent employment basis starting from April 2016. This is a great achievement in our long fight over 20 years since the company went ahead with its employment practice […]


May 9, 2016

Cabin Crew, Civil Aviation, Low cost carriers, Pilots

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Zero-hour pilot contracts threaten air safety, says study (euractiv.com)

Airlines are increasingly using zero-hour contracts, pay-to-fly schemes, and temporary employment agencies based outside the EU to hire pilots and cut costs, practices which undermine passenger safety and social standards, a report by the University of Ghent has found. According to the report, which was financed by the European Commission, airlines have turned to “creative […]


February 18, 2015