Regulations and Government
ALPA President: Industry-led Push for Reduced-crew Flights Threatens Aviation
President Jason Ambrosi spoke out this week
ALPA president Jason Ambrosi speaks to Air Line Pilots Association International.
ALPA president Jason Ambrosi speaks to Air Line Pilots Association International.

ALPA president Jason Ambrosi sharply criticized the industry-led push to eliminate pilots from flight decks in a speech to the Air Line Pilots Association International this week. “I believe that this issue is the single greatest threat to aviation safety. This is about removing pilots—all of us—from the flight deck over time,” he said.

Ambrosi suggested that there is a systematic effort to roll back numbers of crewmembers across all flights, beginning with cargo crews—but with the intent of expanding to passenger flights. He said that the industry is now at a “tipping point” for the issue.