March 1,
2017 2238 2238
Statement from the New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association
February 28,
2017 4318 4318
Statement from the New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association
January 12,
2017 2006 2006
NZALPA President Tim Robinson has commented on the upcoming release of convicted hijacker Asha Abdille.
December 16,
2016 2640 2640
Although findings from an international study that found 12.6 per cent of pilots met the criteria for depression, in line with other high-stress jobs around the world, this issue must be talked about and dealt with, the New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association (NZALPA) said today.
December 1,
2016 2322 2322
The New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association (NZALPA) today applauded the prison sentence handed down to a Christchurch man who endangered passenger aircraft with a high-powered laser pointer.
November 27,
2016 2522 2522
The New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association (NZALPA) today outlined its concerns to the Court of Appeal on the High Court’s decision to turn down a review of the 90-metre safety area for an extended Wellington Airport runway.
NZALPA, who was represented at the Court of Appeal by Hugh Rennie QC, were clear that this appeal was not about lack of union consultation, but that the conclusion by the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) Director to not review the runway extension safety area (RESA) was ‘legally and technically flawed.
October 20,
2016 2266 2266
Gordon Campbell, of werewolf.co.nz, has published an article on Scoop discussing the environmental and safety issues around the proposed Wellington Airport runway extension.
September 30,
2016 2578 2578
Recent news items on the laser incidents featuring comment from NZALPA. This will be updated as more stories appear.
September 30,
2016 58760 58760
Radio NZ interview with NZALPA President, Tim Robinson, on three laser incidents involving commercial aircraft in the past 12 hours.
August 26,
2016 2500 2500
The concerns of New Zealand pilots and air traffic controllers about the ‘woeful inadequacy’ of safety regulation around the commercial use of drones, or Unmanned Aerial System/Vehicles (UAS), are yet to be taken seriously, the New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association (NZALPA) said today.
Commenting on a pizza company’s plans to trial delivery by drone, NZALPA President Tim Robinson said that Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) regulations that came into force in August last year did not take into account the informed and often repeated advice of pilots and the increasing number of ‘near-miss’ accidents that have underpinned pilot’s safety fears.