The People Sitting Across the Table
Mircea Constantin
July 3, 2026
A Position Paper on Employee Representation in European Aviation
A Position Paper on Employee Representation in European Aviation
Psychological assessments should never feel like a tool used against you. But if your employer can run them in-house and treat them like a work obligation, without clear rules and limits, that process can start to look less like safety and more like pressure. That is a dangerous precedent for any employee, in any sector, one that FPU Romania cannot ignore.
Violence on board an aircraft does not end when the doors open. After a passenger assaulted a cabin crew member during a flight, the case continued in court and led to serious consequences. We spoke with the crew member involved about what happened and what it means for crew safety.
Regarding the standards that Romania validates in its relationship with strategic airline operators
Wizz Air is to reinstate former pilots based in Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca after the Romanian court ruled that the pilots were illegally dismissed during the pandemic. FPU Romania expects Wizz Air to do a proper and fair reinstatement, says General Secretary Mircea Constantin who fought in court on behalf of the pilots.
Intrarea FPU Romania în ITF și ETF marchează un moment important în maturizarea reprezentării personalului navigant din România. ITF ne oferă protecție globală, ETF ne conectează la discuțiile europene pentru cabin crew, iar împreună cu ECA formăm infrastructura prin care problemele piloților și însoțitorilor de bord ajung direct în fața EASA și a Comisiei Europene.
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A Ghent University study shows the region can no longer remain under the radar.
Wizz Air has been ordered to return money owed to its staff. The case was brought forward by FPU Romania on behalf of its members. It covers both holiday pay and forced unpaid leave that were wrongly handled by the airline.
This is usually where you’d put the headline, where you explain what the article is about. But this time, I just want to tell you: I’ve decided to go off-piste. Again. Just like I do when I go for myself, when I’m not a crew representative, not a trade unionist. I’m just Mircea.
Pilots and cabin crew undergo extensive initial and recurrent training every year. Digital technology has made e-learning an efficient substitute for in-class training. But can airlines demand crew members complete mandatory e-learning courses without scheduling them as duty time?