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Pilots union slams BA’s plan to make 12k staff redundant

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Pilot unions have slammed British Airways who announced plans to make one quarter of their staff redundant in response to the Covid-19 crisis.  The firm, which is owned by the International Airlines Group, said it is planning to lose 12,000 jobs after claiming demand will not return to 2019 levels for several years.  Brian Strutton, … Read more

Taking the controls in a British Airways A350 simulator at BA’s Flight Training Centre near Heathrow

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Gulp. Captain Mike Blythe, British Airways Flight Technical and Training Manager for the Airbus A380 and A350 is sitting next to me. ‘Take a deep breath,’ he says. Why? Because I’m about to take a British Airways Airbus A350 down one of London Heathrow’s runways and take-off for the very first time. Ted prepares to … Read more