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.
Regarding the standards that Romania validates in its relationship with strategic airline operators
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.
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?
Captains’ discretion should not be a requirement or obligation, nor should it be routinely relied on by operations. It is a choice that should not
FPU Romania plays an important role in the development of an organized workforce in Eastern Europe that fights for legitimate interests in the aviation industry. Therefore,
FPU Romania warns of conflict on behalf of pilots and cabin crew at Wizz Air’s bases in Romania. It comes after the Supreme Administrative Court of Bulgaria
Air France ocupă primul loc într-un nou studiu privind condițiile de muncă pentru piloți din 136 de companii aeriene europene.
Can you be fired if you are not vaccinated? And must the employer write in a contract that the employee must be vaccinated? These are some of the questions that FPU Romania has recently received from pilots and cabin crew in Romania.