Bristow Update - The results are in...

Published on February 8, 2024

We would like to thank everybody for showing support for our fellow pilots and crew at Bristow Helicopters.

Helicopter crews at Bristow Helicopters have now overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action in their dispute over pay.

The ballot conducted among members of BALPA closed Wednesday, 7th February 2024, and returned a 96.31% YES vote on a 92.74% turnout. 

BALPA General Secretary, Amy Leversidge said: “This ballot is a clear indication of the strength of feeling amongst our members."  You can read her full comments, as well results in full, by reading the press release here.

We saw some tremendous messages of support from our community recently, and we're determined to continue this going forward. There are over 110 individual posts which you can view here, but these are just some of the comments from fellow BALPA members:

If you haven't already, please show your support to fellow members by commenting below, as well as on the previous post linked above. 

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