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Written question asked by Nicholas Winterton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 6 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 8 May 2009. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Thursday, 14 May 2009 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Aviation: Redundancy

Question
(2) what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the operation of age discrimination legislation on airline employers' selection of pilots for redundancy; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

The pilots' trade union BALPA has written to me about the impact of the current economic situation on pilots, and I have offered to meet them.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
492 c883W; 274299
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Conditions of employment Aviation Crew Redundancy
Link
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