Structural changes over the past 40 years including privatisation, de-regulation and fragmentation have created an unsustainable aviation industry – economically, socially and environmentally. We are building an aviation industry with good union jobs, gender equity, strong regulation, high health and safety standards, a fair and transparent digital future and a genuine pathway to net-zero emissions.
The aviation industry is lurching between crisis and chaos. Deregulation and intense competition have created a fragile aviation ecosystem, unprepared to withstand the frequent shocks and downturns that define our industry. Aviation workers have paid the price of each of these crises – with our union rights, employment and safety standards, and working conditions worsening over the past four decades.
Employment conditions and occupational health and safety are interlinked with the overall safety of the aviation industry. Workers through our unions must be empowered to identify and address the challenges that face the industry – across health and safety, digitalisation, sustainability and beyond. The ITF is leading the call for a safer, more resilient and sustainable global industry. Together with our affiliates we are calling for ‘A new deal for aviation’ built on five pillars.
The ITF’s Civil Aviation Section is securing a new deal for aviation by:
The ITF’s ‘New Deal for Aviation’ framework for building an economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable aviation industry focuses on:
We work across aviation’s occupational groups, through our cabin crew, ground staff and air traffic services sub-committees, and issue specific working groups and networks, like our remote towers working group and our civil aviation women’s network, to focus on the issues that matter for aviation workers.
The ITF Civil Aviation Section Committee brings together trade union representatives from across the aviation industry and across the world. We represent all aviation workers in the air and on the ground – from cabin crew, ground staff, pilots to air traffic controllers.
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SECTION SECRETARY Gabriel Mocho Rodriguez | ITF Civil Aviation |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY Rhea Chatterjee | Aviación ITF |
The ITF Civil Aviation Section has 257 affiliates from 114 countries representing over 850,000 workers.
