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Webinar: “What is the Future of Aviation?” Bristol Workshop
Learn about our first deliberative workshop for aviation workers in Bristol, which was commissioned by Safe Landing and facilitated by Involve.
Safe Landing Attend Gatwick Airport Expansion Inquiry
Safe Landing attended the Gatwick Airport Expansion Planning Inquiry to oppose business-as-usual growth of air traffic.
Safe Landing at the Corporate Jet Investor’s conference
Todd Smith, former airline pilot and now community member of Safe Landing, addressed an audience at the Corporate Jet Investor's conference on Park Lane in London last week. He spoke alongside Alethea Warrington from We Are Possible and Zack Polanski, deputy leader of...
“Flightplan” for 2024
A summary of our first group zoom call of the year on 25th January 2024, which discussed our strategy for the year ahead and helped us set a new “flightplan”.
Safe Landing at Farnborough Airport Protest
Safe Landing community joins a protest against Farnborough Airport private jet expansion and in favour of an Aviation Workers’ Assembly on climate.
Safe Landing at “We Make Tomorrow” Conference in London
Finlay, George & Todd from Safe Landing attended, facilitated and spoke at the We Make Tomorrow conference for building workers power on the climate crisis.
How Aviation can avoid a Climate Crash
In early 2024, Finlay Asher from Safe Landing featured on the “Aerospace Ambition” podcast in an episode titled “How Aviation can avoid a Climate Crash”.
Bumpy Landing: Extreme Weather Heathrow
https://youtu.be/X-ycFr9ivk4?feature=shared This may seem like fun but for me, this is no laughing matter. We are just at the beginning of climate and ecological breakdown. Cairns Airport in Australia was under water from flooding a couple of weeks ago and...
Safe Landing criticises EasyJet’s “re-usable cup” greenwash campaign
Activists branded the campaign a “joke,” with EasyJets’s shopping spree showing little dedication to reducing the main source of its emissions.
Safe Landing nominated as “Climate Hero”
We were nominated, and featured, as ‘Climate Heroes’ in the Guardian newspaper’s ‘Down to Earth’ weekly newsletter in December 2023.
A Fair COP?
The Safe Landing position on the annual United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference – the ‘Conference of Parties’, or COP28 – now underway in Dubai.
Truth Tuesday: is “Sustainable Aviation Fuel”, or “SAF”, genuinely sustainable?
on 28th November, Virgin Atlantic will fly the first transatlantic flight on “Sustainable Aviation Fuel”. But does this really do what it says on the tin?
Todd on GB News debating Private Jets
Safe Landing member, Todd Smith, appeared on GB News last week to discuss whether it’s time to ban private jets.
Join our free workshop: improving the carbon impact of your money
Did you know? Changing who you bank with could have a far greater effect on your carbon footprint than any other positive change you can make at home. Sign up for our free workshop with the CEO of MotherTree to learn more! Over the hour session we'll be learning top...
Flying less frequently and less far can buy time to decarbonise
The report shows that by capping frequent flying, the UK Government can hit its 2030 carbon reduction target without affecting the majority of voters.
Trade union and other reports on jobs and the future of aviation
A selection of publications from trade unions and other organisations on just transition in aviation: 'A Zero-Carbon Future for the Aviation Sector' (report from International Transport Workers' Federation, 2022) 'Landing Desirable Jobs: The Sustainable Aviation...
Contrails: Responsible for 1-2% of global heating, with easy solutions that we could implement now
Contrail mitigation may be the biggest opportunity in climate across all sectors. Contrails are responsible for 1-2% of global warming.
Meet the former pilot working to reduce climate pollution from planes
Todd Smith’s organization, Safe Landing, connects people in the aviation industry to advocate for solutions.
Safe Landing at the Global Climate Jobs Conference
Safe Landing was recently invited to present at the Global Climate Jobs conference in Amsterdam. The conference brought together More than 100 climate justice activists, trade union members and representatives, labour organizers, researchers and academics, from around...
Safe Landing responds to Farnborough Airport Expansion Consultation
We responded to the Farnborough Airport expansion consultation which aims to increase private jet flights by 40%, and were interviewed on BBC Radio Surrey.
Which “industry” will Labour listen to? (report from the UK Labour Party conference)
Safe Landing members attended the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool on 8-11th October. This blog provides is our aviation worker perspective on events.
Aviation bosses’ voices will be loud at Labour conference. What about aviation workers?
Aviation companies are out in force at Labour Party conference, lobbying politicians. Safe Landing will look to maximise the voice of aviation workers.
A productive day at the UK Green Party conference
Our report of the day we spent at Green Party conference, in Brighton, on 6 Oct 2023. Discussing aviation and transport decarbonisation policies, and the need for worker perspectives.
We spoke at Green New Deal Rising’s “Labour Be Bold” Protest
Safe Landing spoke at Green New Deal Rising’s protest outside the UK Labour Party HQ in central London – in support of their “Labour Be Bold” campaign demands.
Safe Landing at ‘Military Emissions Gap’ Conference
Safe Landing member, Finlay Asher, spoke at this event at Oxford University, organised by The Conflict and Environment Observatory.
Farnborough Airport Expansion: Safe Landing supports local community groups in fight
There’s been fierce opposition from local community groups already effected by the airport, and Safe Landing has been supporting them to oppose expansion.
Safe Landing at the UK Liberal Democrat party conference
We visited the Lib Dem conference to listen to debates, and connect with party members interested in climate advocacy and workers’ organising.
Safe Landing at TUC Congress 2023
Safe Landing members attended the 2023 TUC Congress (10-13 September, Liverpool) as visitors. We discussed climate, transport and collective action!
Workers Can Change the World: guest post by Daniel Randall (RMT Union)
A discussion of the power we have as workers, through collective organisation, to push for the system change we need in response to the climate crisis.
Climate conversations workshop on September 28th: Sign up now!
- Are you an aviation worker who cares about sustainability?- Ever struggled at work when talking about the climate crisis?How to have better climate conversations:Sign up for our free online workshop where we'll learn top tips and tactics for how to have more...