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	Britain-Air-Security, 1st Writethru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		LONDON (AP) - British pilots won assurances from the government Tuesday that they will be told when armed sky marshals are on board their flights, but demanded to know where the guard is seated and to be able to maintain regular contact.
		Darling said pilots would remain in charge of planes "for obvious reasons," but declined to comment in detail on the sky marshals, bypassing questions about the type of guns to be used and the level of training required.
		A spokesman for Germany's pilot association, Georg Fongern, said the union agreed to terms with the airlines and the German Interior Ministry.
	www.cp.org /english/online/full/travel/040106/u010610A.html (680 words)

	British Airways Flight 9 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		British Airways Flight 009, sometimes referred to as the Jakarta incident, was a scheduled flight from London Heathrow to Auckland, with stops in Bombay, Madras, Kuala Lumpur, Perth and Melbourne.
		At 13:44 GMT, SFO Greaves declared an emergency, but the local air traffic control authority, Jakarta Area Control, misunderstood the message, and it was only after a Garuda Indonesia flight relayed that the message got through.
		The crew received various awards, including Her Majesty The Queen's Commendations for Valuable Service in the Air and medals from the British Air Line Pilots Association.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Airways_Flight_009 (1113 words)

	British Air Line Pilots Association - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) is the world's second largest flight crew association, next to U.S. Airline Pilots Association.
		It was founded on June 27, 1937 by Eric Lane-Burslam, and 87 other pilots, at a meeting at the Greyhound Hotel in Croydon.
		BALPA is committed to promoting the highest standards of safety and security in the industry, inspiring members’ confidence, maintaining representation and negotiation standards, promoting the views of flight crew, publicly and with employers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Air_Line_Pilots_Association (180 words)

	British pilots condemn sky marshal plan
		British pilots have termed as 'dangerous' and 'flawed' the government's decision to place armed sky marshals on passenger jets flying across the Atlantic, following heightened concern about terrorist attacks.
		The British Air Line Pilots' Association (BALPA) was seeking an urgent meeting with Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling to discuss the policy, which they described as 'dangerous' and 'flawed'.
		Darling said he would meet the pilots to discuss their 'misgivings' and said they would be told when an undercover marshal was on a flight.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/dec/30uk.htm (259 words)

	House of Commons - Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs - Appendices to the Minutes of Evidence - Fourteenth ...
		Memorandum by the British Air Line Pilots' Association (AS 12)
		Memorandum by the British Gliding Association (AS 29)
		Supplementary Memorandum by the British Air Line Pilots' Association (AS 12A)
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm199899/cmselect/cmenvtra/275/275ap01.htm (486 words)

	Pilots Condemn Sky Marshal Plan As Flawed & Dangerous
		The British Air Line Pilots' Association (Balpa) wrote to Alistair Darling, the Secretary of State for Transport, yesterday calling for a meeting to discuss the policy which it believes is "dangerous" and flawed.
		Mr Darling said he would meet the pilots to discuss their misgivings and said they would be told when an undercover marshal was on a flight.
		He said their use was "only one of a number of measures" and "a last line of defence", together with increased screening of bags, to deter terrorists.
	www.rense.com /general46/flaw.html (732 words)

	British Air -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Air pollution is a concern to citizens, governments, industry and First Nations in British Columbia (BC), Canada because of its effects on health and visibility.
		Sources of air pollution in British Columbia may be divided between those external to the province, such as transboundary pollution, and those internal to it; and between anthropogenic (man-made) sources and natural sources.
		The United Kingdom was not considered to be an ideal location for air training, due to the possibility of enemy attack, the strain caused by wartime traffic at airfields, and its climate.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/23/british-air.html (803 words)

	The Hindu : Pilots up in arms over sky marshals
		Air France pilots expressed anger on Tuesday at being kept in the dark over the deployment of armed French police on their flights to the United States.
		British Airways and the main British pilots' union said they were against a plan announced by London to deploy an unspecified number of armed sky marshals on British planes.
		The identity of the airline was not disclosed, but the British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) said the agreement makes clear that the captain of an aircraft will be told when sky marshals are aboard a flight and their location in the cabin.
	www.hindu.com /2004/01/01/stories/2004010103101400.htm (512 words)

	Pilots object British sky marshal plan - www.smh.com.au
		British government plans to put gun-toting sky marshals on airliners hit turbulence today when British Airways and the main pilots' union said it would do "more harm than good" and put passengers at risk.
		The British government announced yesterday that plainclothes sky marshals, travelling incognito among passengers, would be placed on selected British airline flights - exactly which ones it did not say - in response to a heightened state of alert in the United States.
		British Airways suspended flights to Saudi Arabia in mid-August after the British government warned it had received a serious threat about air travel in the country, but resumed them in September.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2003/12/30/1072546503724.html (753 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Six Air France flights between Paris and Los Angeles were canceled on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day at the request of U.S. officials, over fears that the planes could be used as weapons against U.S. targets.
		Meanwhile, the British government decided Monday, December 29, to put armed marshals on board British airliners to prevent hijackings, a move which ran into a lot of flack from the national carrier and the main pilots' union.
		The British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) said it was never consulted on the measures - the latest in a series introduced in the wake of the September 11 attacks in the United States in 2001.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2003-12/30/article01.shtml (974 words)

	BBC ON THIS DAY \| 14 \| 1972: Pilots threaten worldwide strike
		British Air Line Pilots Association spokesman (BALPA), Gordon Hurley, said hijacking was on the increase, and striking was the "only effective way of dealing with it".
		BALPA's vice chairman, Jack Linstead, said he was issuing a strike notice reluctantly, but added that it was a reflection of the pilots' strength of feeling on the issue.
		Although the British pilots' association withdrew its official support for the stoppage, after reassurances from the government, many pilots chose to remain at home anyway.
	news.bbc.co.uk /onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/14/newsid_2512000/2512541.stm (315 words)

	Pilots slam sky marshalls plan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		BALPA said the United States has now ensured that all foreign operators in US airspace restrict access to plane cockpits but "their own operators are undertaking a trial which allows a far less restrictive procedure".
		BALPA has said it will go along with sky marshalls and cockpit restrictions under protest but is seeking certain assurances from airlines, including legal and financial indemnity in case of shoot-outs.
		Some news reports said British pilots' opposition to sky marshals were at the root of the cancellation of British Airways' afternoon flight BA223 to Washington DC on Thursday and Friday, but BALPA denied this.
	www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/01/04/1073151195990.html (478 words)

	Middle Seat: Crossing the Atlantic with a dead engine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In addition, airline regulators, pilots and safety experts are raising questions about the crew's decision to fly such a long distance after an engine failure, since it narrows the safety margin in the unlikely event that something else goes wrong with the plane.
		Lampl of British Airways said any suggestion that the plane continued because of financial pressure from the new EU rules is "total rubbish." The issue "most likely was never discussed with the crew," he said.
		Many aviation experts say most pilots won't take undue risks to keep costs down -- after all, their own lives are at stake, as well as those of hundreds of passengers.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05061/465083.stm (1146 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| BA will refuse to fly with armed guards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Controversial plans to put armed guards on British passenger planes were in disarray last night after British Airways effectively refused to fly with them aboard because it would mean there was a 'significant threat' to passengers.
		A spokesman for the British Air Line Pilots Association (Balpa), which also opposes the policy, said BA's statement was expected to be followed by other airlines and would rule out the use of sky marshals, as proposed.
		Under a deal with Virgin, the airline has promised its pilots will be introdcued to marshals used on their planes, and told where the guard is sitting.
	www.guardian.co.uk /airlines/story/0,1371,1115899,00.html (699 words)

	Pilots may use mobile phones to call for help
		PILOTS will be able to use mobile phones to make SOS calls during flights under proposals being considered by the Civil Aviation Authority.
		The British Air Line Pilots Association (Balpa) has proposed to include emergency use of mobile phones in guidelines for air crews after studying cases of light aircraft pilots in distress ringing ground support staff.
		Under the proposal, a pilot would dial the number for the airline's flight operations centre, where staff could put the crew in touch with local air traffic units.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1998/10/25/nfone25.html (469 words)

	U.S. Orders Foreign Airlines to Use Armed Marshals
		The British Air Line Pilots Association said arms did not belong on aircraft, and British Airways, the country's biggest airline, said it reserved the right not to fly if it was forced to add air marshals.
		David O'Connor, regional director in Washington of the International Air Transport Association, a trade group that represents most international carriers, said that the American demand to place armed officers on planes was likely to cause unease in some quarters overseas.
		The airline association estimates that 10 or 20 out of some 115 airlines that fly into the United States already use air marshals.
	www.rmi.gsu.edu /rmi/faculty/klein/RMI_3500/Readings/Other/TR_AirMarshals.htm (1248 words)

	Northwest Indiana News: nwitimes.com
		Six Air France flights from Paris to Los Angeles were canceled just days ago amid the heightened terrorism concerns.
		The Air France flights are believed to be responsible, at least in part, for the new mandate.
		The International Air Transport Association, which represents 95 percent of air carriers operating international flights, said it favored improving screening before takeoff instead.
	www.thetimesonline.com /articles/2003/12/30/news/top_news/38a601e86400956586256e0c0007147c.prt (589 words)

	CathayTalk - BA268 Xed Atlantic w/ 3 engines, now BA18 again!!!
		Pilots say engine failures at cruising altitude, such as the Singapore incident, are of less concern, because the aircraft won't need to burn too much extra fuel.
		Many pilots and aviation experts have questioned whether it is prudent to fly a Boeing 747 over long distances after one engine fails, because it narrows the safety margin should something else go wrong.
		British Airways said it flew the empty plane from Manchester to London, and replaced the No. 2 engine, located on the left side closest to the cabin.
	www.cathaytalk.com /showthread.php?t=85 (2095 words)

	Associates: NZALPA
		The Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) is the largest airline pilot union in the world and represents 64,000 pilots who fly for 41 U.S. and Canadian airlines.
		BALPA is among the world’s largest flight crew associations – second in size only to the U S Air Line Pilots’ Association.
		The Australian Federation of Air Pilots operates as both a trade union and a professional association of all air pilots in Australia.
	www.nzalpa.org.nz /associates.html (476 words)

	The Neil Rogers Show - News - Dispute over marshals canceled flight - Same British Airways flight under scrutiny for ...
		A dispute between the British pilots' union and the British government over armed marshals -- not security concerns -- led to the cancellation of Friday's British Airways flight from London to Washington, a Bush administration official said Saturday.
		The union said pilots agreed that if a credible threat were to emerge for one of their flights, they would cancel rather than fly with a marshal aboard.
		The agreement calls for the marshal to be introduced to the pilot and other crew members, and for the marshal's weapon to be approved.
	news.neilrogers.com /news/articles/2004010415.html (634 words)

	BMI Faces Possible Pilot Strike
		The British Air Line Pilots' Association (BALPA) began balloting members at bmibaby, for strike action on Wednesday, with the result expected on August 16.
		BALPA said it had given bmi seven days notice that it would also begin balloting members in the other two divisions of the company, bmi Mainline and bmi Regional, about strike action over an imposed 2.4 percent pay increase.
		The union said it was recommending a "yes" vote and that 70 percent of bmi's 700 pilots were members.
	news.airwise.com /story/view/1153954802.html (179 words)

	Airliners.net Civil Aviation: BA Bashed In Wall Street Journal
		Some of the most respected 747 pilots in the industry, with more stick time than most 747 crews combined, agree that the decision made by BA was ill informed, and in general a poor one.
		British Airways flew a 747 to the U.K. after one of its four engines died on takeoff from Los Angeles.
		British Airways jumbo jet lost power in an engine on takeoff from Los Angeles International Airport last month, but the pilot elected not to make an emergency landing for repairs, deciding instead to continue the 5,400-mile, transatlantic flight to London on the remaining three engines, officials said Monday.
	www.airliners.net /discussions/general_aviation/read.main/1982313 (5226 words)

	KLM, British Airways Willing To Accept Air Marshals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		KLM's pilots unions oppose the presence of air marshals on board because they fear their weapons are a threat to the safety of the crews and passengers.
		British Airways CEO Rod Eddington accepted the presence of armed agents on board BA aircraft in a letter published yesterday in the Financial Times.
		The British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) in principle opposes allowing guns on board but is nevertheless negotiating a protocol with the U.K. government on air marshals in British aircraft.
	www.aviationnow.com /avnow/news/channel_aviationdaily_story.jsp?id=news/mar01044.xml (404 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Stressed pilots turn to drink
		But the deeper problem appears not to be that of pilots being drunk while flying but the numbers who are turning to alcohol to deal with the strains of the job.
		He says young pilots are less likely to take risks: 'There has been so much attention in the press now that we have it drummed into us to be responsible.
		We strongly believe there should be a system where any pilot can try and persuade another to go to a neutral board where they don't lose their job but get help.
	www.guardian.co.uk /airlines/story/0,1371,1113362,00.html (732 words)

	Air Marshals Save Lives - THR
		He is the last line of defense protecting passengers and potentially thousands on the ground from certain death.
		They are examples of "security fads" forced on pilots "to reassure the public, usually from the U.S.," says the British Air Line Pilots' Association.
		Not taking any chances, pilots and co-pilots reportedly also carry guns in the unlikely event that the air marshals are overpowered.
	www.thehighroad.org /showthread.php?t=60174 (961 words)

	European Union’s common flight-time limits draw pilot ire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		But the new standards have provoked an angry response from pilot unions for being unsafe and for allowing too much latitude for individual EU member states to continue imposing their own limits.
		But the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) insisted that the new rules are not lax and accused opponents of the rule of putting industrial issues ahead of safety concerns.
		BALPA has demanded a written commitment from the UK Civil Aviation Authority that it will retain its existing FTL standards as permitted by Subpart Q. At press time it had not received any response from British officials.
	www.ainonline.com /issues/01_05/01_05_euroflight_86.html (709 words)

	1940s
		It also was a decade when ALPA first began advocating for the formation of an independent aviation safety board, and one marked by greater pilot cooperation across national borders through the creation of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA).
		The year 1948 marked the birth of the International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations (IFALPA), of which ALPA was a founding member.
		The agreement is an outgrowth of a 1943 trilateral agreement among ALPA, the British Air Line Pilots Association, and the Canadian Air Line Pilots Association.
	www.alpa.org /alpa/DesktopModules/ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=321 (516 words)

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