by George Hibberd | Jun 18, 2026 | Trade unions, Workers' Assemblies
Back in April, our Workers’ Participation Lead George Hibberd presented the Workers’ Assembly concept to the Gatwick Liaison Committee (GLC). The GLC is a committee of ground handling company representatives from Unite The Union at Gatwick airport. As a...
by George Hibberd | May 14, 2026 | Trade unions, Workers' Assemblies
Workers’ Assemblies are a way of engaging aviation workers, and any other sector for that matter, in important and complex topics such as decarbonisation and the climate crisis. Conversations around sustainability are often centred around short-term political,...
by George Hibberd | Feb 24, 2025 | Debate, Responses, Trade unions
Author: George Hibberd Safe Landing Trade Union and Workers’ Assemblies Lead Former A320 Pilot Earlier in February, Flight Global reported: “Airbus has delayed the service-entry target for a hydrogen-powered aircraft developed under its ZEROe project by...
by George Hibberd | Nov 20, 2024 | News, Trade unions
Written by George Hibberd Former airline pilot Last Thursday, pilots in France went on strike to oppose the French government’s plans to triple taxes on plane tickets. But is it in French pilots’ best interests to be striking against increased aviation taxes?...
by George Hibberd | Oct 22, 2024 | Trade unions
Written by George Hibberd – former airline pilot How can we bring together the climate and workers’ movements? This was the question posed to the 300 odd workers, trade unionists, locals and climate activists from around the world gathered outside a GKN factory...
by finlayasher | Apr 16, 2024 | Reports, Trade unions
Safe Landing recently attended the “Keep Grangemouth Working” event organised by Unite the Union at the Scottish Trade Union Congress (STUC) conference in Dundee, Scotland. Grangemouth refinery is a classic case of an ‘unjust’ transition where poor industrial planning...
