The Independent Pilots Association is here for the professional pilot. We offer legal advice from our in-house Solicitor, Legal Protection Insurance, Employment and Grievance Representation, Job Listings and Loss of Licence Insurance. A pilots trade union with personal service at a fraction of the cost for others.

• Employment advice
• Disciplinary and grievance accompanyment
• Job listings and alerts
• Loss of Licence Insurance
• Redundancy Cover Insurance
• Pension Advisory Service
• Legal Assistance (Terms and Conditions apply)
• Supplementary Legal Insurance
• Low membership fees

Member Services & Benefits

Read more about how the IPA can provide employment assistance and help you as a member, including the financial products offered by The Independent Pilots Financial Services. Below is an example of the assistance that we will provide:

Disciplinary and Grievance Hearings: your right to be accompanied.

You have the legal right to be accompanied to any official disciplinary or grievance hearing. Your companion can be a representative from your Trade Union, if you belong to one, or a work colleague if you are not a Union member. This is set out in section 10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999. It does not matter whether your Union is recognised by your employer or not.
Union recognition means that the employer will conduct negotiations with that Union on matters such as pay and conditions, or redundancies. It has nothing to do with your right to be accompanied.Rest assured that we will represent you whenever necessary, regardless of whether your employer recognises the IPA, BALPA, or yet another Union.

(For more information on your rights in the event of disciplinary or grievance action, have a look at www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=2174 and www.acas.org.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=1043

Job Alerts
In addition, we can assist with researching names and contacts for your employment search. We also offer a personal 'Job Alert' service by e-mail if we know that you are looking for a specific position.

The IPA provides assistance to you, the pilot in a variety of ways. We have a network of contacts throughout the industry. We encourage our members to provide feed-back that can in turn be used to help others in a constructive way.

 We provide assistance in obtaining employment. We can also provide assistance with information for interviews with specific companies, as part of this service. We have good relations with key personnel within airlines, this gives us a regular information flow on the current situation, with them.

In addition to this we have contacts with Flight Simulator Suppliers if you require training assistance.The IPA’s membership covers the U.K. and Europe, as well as various parts of the world. We are there to help you