ICAO joins UN call for prioritized vaccinations for aircrew and seafarers

ICAO joined four other UN agencies today in calling on countries to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for aircrew and seafarers. In addition to ICAO Secretary General Dr. Fang Liu, the special Joint Statement was signed by the heads of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and […]

Pilot mental health care still facing ‘normalisation’ barriers

Efforts within the air transport sector to overcome stigma attached to mental health problems are progressing but work is still needed to achieve parity of treatment between psychological and physical illness. The deliberate crash of a Germanwings Airbus A320 in March 2015 jolted the airline industry into confronting cockpit mental health head-on, although the accident […]