PRESS RELEASE OF SwissALPA, Zurich, 29 January 2016

On January 25th, hosted by ANPAC, the third EAPP meeting was held in Rome, with the participation of European pilots' professional associations of Etihad Airways Partners.

During the meeting several arguments of common interest were discussed with a broad exchange of information about industrial, contractual and professional issues. It was also decided to go further with this initiative which will be structured in a systematic way, with regular meetings whose purpose will be to address union's and industrial steps in order to obtaining the highest level of operational safety as well as uniformity of working conditions, to seize the best career opportunities and to protect employment levels. All attending professional associations shared the idea to involve the Etihad Group starting from next meeting which will be held in Zurich in May 2016.