IAG Pilots’ Alliance Meeting October 2024

Madrid, November 13, 2024.- IALPA recently hosted the IAG Pilots’ Alliance in Dublin. The IAG Pilots’ Alliance consists of IALPA-Aer Lingus, SEPLA-Vueling, SEPLA-Iberia and BALPA-British Airways. This marked the second meeting of the alliance among IAG pilot unions, and was again characterized by a cordial, co-operative and productive atmosphere.

During the meeting, the Alliance recognized that there are significantly more commonalities in the policies, objectives, and strategies employed by each company’s management teams in their negotiations with pilots than there are differences.

The Alliance recognises the importance of pilots, and indeed all staff, being engaged and invested in the success of their individual airlines and of IAG. To that end the Alliance calls upon IAG to make employee share ownership part of the reward package and to share the success of the group with its employees in a meaningful way.

SEPLA-Iberia is developing a project that is aimed at enhancing the quality of life and health of both passengers and crew. SEPLA-Iberia intends to share the details of this project with its colleagues at BALPA, IALPA, and SEPLA-Vueling along with presenting this innovative plan to IAG. This initiative aspires to establish a global benchmark in the field of health and wellbeing within the aviation industry.

The Alliance is poised to confront future challenges in a highly dynamic environment, and it is essential that all IAG pilots continue to unite to position our group as a model that distinguishes itself from competitors, while simultaneously striving to improve the salary and work-life balance for all pilots.

The Alliance sees British Airways management collaborating with the pilot representatives to try to improve relations and engagement for the benefit of all. It is hoped that this initiative will see positive and lasting results which can be emulated across the group with appropriate support from IAG.

Together we are stronger.

About Sepla

Founded in 1965, the Spanish Union of Airline Pilots (Sepla) is an independent institution that represents nearly 7,500 pilots from all airlines based in Spain, as well as helicopter pilots, aerial work, and UAS pilots. Its main objective is to protect and defend the labor, professional, and social environment, the well-being of the pilot collective, as well as flight safety.