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May 19

Sophia’s Injection of Happiness

Sophia ran her first marathon in aid of PilotsTogether and, as well as raising money for the charity, also felt like she'd been given a "big injection of happiness". Read her story here.

February 18

Chairman’s Column – February 2022

PilotsTogether's new chair, Steve Ehrlich, delivers his first update on the charity, detailing some of our achievements so far and setting out the plans we have in the pipeline to further enhance the support we can offer our colleagues in need.

December 21

Christmas Newsletter is in the post!

Our Christmas newsletter for 2021 has just dropped with our latest news and more feedback from our beneficiaries. If you haven't already received it you can download it here, and make sure to add yourself to our mailing list to receive it each month.

September 27

PilotsTogether launches Buddy Flying

PilotsTogether is launching its Buddy Flying initiative to get our redundant colleagues back into the air. Read on if you'd like to know how you could help.

September 10

Flying Planes to Driving Trains

August 21

PilotsTogether launches #WePilots 85258 mental health crisis service

UK charity PilotsTogether has launched a text crisis service, staffed by volunteers, for pilots, to text in if they are struggling to cope. Pilots, regardless of employment status, will be able to text WePilots to 85258 and will be put in touch with a trained crisis volunteer via text, who will support and guide them as required.

July 31

Pilots and mental health

In the wake of the biggest crisis that aviation has ever faced, a number of pilots have felt so despondent that they have taken their own lives. Countless more are struggling with the impact of Covid-19 upon the industry, with numerous job losses, pay cuts and enforced part-time contracts across the board.

June 22

PilotsTogether on “You and Yours” on BBC Radio 4

PilotsTogether trustee, Katy Lee, recently featured on the BBC Radio 4 programme, "You and Yours" to discuss the reasons that the PilotsTogether charity was created, along with Tim Short, who has lost his job twice and who has now retrained as a train driver, who explained how he has been impacted.

June 18

The New Normal and You

As the world slowly returns to some semblance of normality, many pilots are seeing their rosters filling back up and their working patterns return, often quite suddenly going from furlough to busy. This presents a significant number of challenges and PilotsTogether is providing wellbeing and community support for all UK-based airline pilots who are finding things tough, as well as wellbeing support for our registered pilots, too.

June 11

First Crewroom Session success

The first PilotsTogether CrewRoom session, welcoming former flybe Captain and chief CRM instructor, Helen Heenan, was a success, with over 30 pilots registering. You can view the video of the session here.

June 3

Pilot mental health needs to be better supported according to experts

A recent article in the Guardian suggested that many airlines are prioritising their return to the skies over the mental health and wellbeing of pilots. The article draws attention to these concerns and underlines the importance of both physical and mental wellbeing for pilots, and calls for airlines to “do more than offer access to gyms and yoga”. 

January 31

Easyjet launches pilot recruitment drive

October 15

LPC Revalidation Scheme launched

September 27

PilotsTogether launches Buddy Flying

PilotsTogether is launching its Buddy Flying initiative to get our redundant colleagues back into the air. Read on if you'd like to know how you could help.

September 10

Converting your Licence to EASA

September 10

Flying Planes to Driving Trains

August 21

PilotsTogether launches #WePilots 85258 mental health crisis service

UK charity PilotsTogether has launched a text crisis service, staffed by volunteers, for pilots, to text in if they are struggling to cope. Pilots, regardless of employment status, will be able to text WePilots to 85258 and will be put in touch with a trained crisis volunteer via text, who will support and guide them as required.

July 31

Pilots and mental health

In the wake of the biggest crisis that aviation has ever faced, a number of pilots have felt so despondent that they have taken their own lives. Countless more are struggling with the impact of Covid-19 upon the industry, with numerous job losses, pay cuts and enforced part-time contracts across the board.

June 18

The New Normal and You

As the world slowly returns to some semblance of normality, many pilots are seeing their rosters filling back up and their working patterns return, often quite suddenly going from furlough to busy. This presents a significant number of challenges and PilotsTogether is providing wellbeing and community support for all UK-based airline pilots who are finding things tough, as well as wellbeing support for our registered pilots, too.

June 11

First Crewroom Session success

The first PilotsTogether CrewRoom session, welcoming former flybe Captain and chief CRM instructor, Helen Heenan, was a success, with over 30 pilots registering. You can view the video of the session here.

June 3

Pilot mental health needs to be better supported according to experts

A recent article in the Guardian suggested that many airlines are prioritising their return to the skies over the mental health and wellbeing of pilots. The article draws attention to these concerns and underlines the importance of both physical and mental wellbeing for pilots, and calls for airlines to “do more than offer access to gyms and yoga”. 

April 27

Crewroom Session – CRM – It’s okay to not be okay

See this post for a link to the first of our Crewroom Sessions for members which takes place on May 27th. The theme of this session is "CRM – It’s okay to not be okay"

November 3

COVID-19 Pilot Stress Response

The ANZ Peer Assistance Network produced a useful guide for pilots on how to deal with the stress from Covid-19 and other factors. This is equally applicable to being made redundant.

November 3

Covid-19 Wellbeing Guide

BALPA have published a useful guide to maintaining your health and wellbeing during this pandemic.  The advice contained within is of equal use to those of us made redundant.  Some of the relevant passages are reproduced here.

November 2

No degree? Think again

September 18

So you’ve been made redundant, now what?

Imagine a time when you may be able to reflect on this whole crisis and say what a crazy and hugely challenging time it was for you and your family but you all somehow got through it and became stronger and much wiser for it!

September 8

Rebuild your working world

August 29

Recognising that you have a variety of skills

August 29

Registering with Agencies

August 29

Claiming the cost of Training

August 29

Your First Steps