Unite has welcomed a landmark ruling in America, where a pilot for the airliner JetBlue won a compensation case after becoming chronically ill from exposure to toxic cabin air. The pilot, Captain…Read more…
‘Stop passing the buck’
Unite, which represents thousands of cabin crew, is demanding airlines take immediate action to stop aerotoxic fume events occurring during flights. Unite, which is taking several major…Read more…
‘Public inquiry now’ call
Three British Airways (BA) aircraft crew members became ill – with one needing hospital treatment – during a toxic cabin air incident last week. The incident happened during a BA Amsterdam to…Read more…
‘Cloak of silence’
Unite assistant general secretary for legal affairs. Howard Beckett, will tomorrow (Tuesday September 17) accuse the airline industry of a ‘cloak of silence’ over toxic cabin air and fume events on…Read more…
Fume event inquiry
Unite has renewed calls for an inquiry into toxic cabin air after nearly 200 British Airways passengers had to be evacuated after their aircraft filled with smoke. The flight from London…Read more…
Bath Night
Two up two down. Back to back. The tin bath hanging on a nail next to the privy. Sheets strung from gate to gate flapping in the alley. Shoulders hunched against wind and rain. Heads down…Read more…
Toxic cabin air probe after overdose death
The family of a British Airways (BA) pilot who died from an overdose of sleeping pills ‘taken to ease the symptoms of inhaling toxic cabin air’ are the first to have their case heard in a wave of…Read more…
Toxic cabin air ‘damaging lives’
Unite has reiterated its call for a full public inquiry into aerotoxic syndrome after a British Airways pilot declared an emergency last week (January 21) and was forced to turn back to the flight’s…Read more…
Toxic cabin air warning
The senior coroner in the inquest into the death of Matthew Bass, the much loved member of Unite and British Airways’ cabin crew, has taken the significant step of agreeing to write to the chief…Read more…
Toxic cabin air inquiry call
Unite repeated its call for a public inquiry into toxic cabin air on board aircraft today (September 19) as an international two day conference into aircraft cabin air got underway at Imperial…Read more…
‘Safety first’ call
Unite, today (September 18) called on the whole of the airline industry to follow the lead of easyJet and take a ‘safety first’ approach in fitting air filtration units on board aircraft…Read more…
Toxic trip?
As the last bank holiday of the summer approaches this weekend (August 28), hundreds of thousands of UK holidaymakers may fly to get to their destination – safe in the knowledge that flying is the…Read more…
Toxic air legal cases rise
Unite revealed today (March 15) that it was pursuing legal action against a number of UK airlines on behalf of 61 cabin crew after they were exposed to ‘toxic cabin air’ while working on board…Read more…
Danger in the air
The dangers of the industrial chemical asbestos were first acknowledged in the early 1900s, but it wasn’t until nearly 100 years later – after relentless campaigning against corporate interests and…Read more…
Aerotoxic action call
The revelation that a second flight in as many days was forced to turn back to the UK following an outbreak of sickness among the cabin crew has added further weight to calls for a public inquiry….Read more…