Safe Landing sends solidarity to the workers of the GKN factory in Campi Bisenzio, near Florence (Italy), who are fighting for jobs, for their community, for the wider working class and the future of the planet. 🧵

peopleandnature.wordpress.com/2023/12/22/ita… The workers’ recent appeal can be read in translation (by @NotesFrom_Below) at the link above, with links to more information and resources (thanks @PeopleNature).

Their own website, in Italian, is at (Insorgiamo = Let's Rise Up)insorgiamo.org

Over the next days @XRebellionUK is holding a series of events and protests - #TheBigOne. We, aviation workers' organisation Safe Landing, will be taking part, including in events specifically about connecting climate struggle and workers' struggles.🧵

#UniteToSurvive

https://twitter.com/unionsXR/status/1647330723987177472

@XRebellionUK Here is our new leaflet introducing Safe Landing. Come and find us to get a copy or copies! More about some of what we'll be doing at The Big One below.

#UniteToSurvive #TheBigOne

𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 — 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘁
As sentiment shifts, the industry must engage in debate on how to temper growth.
Article by @peggyhollinger of @FinancialTimes: ft.com/content/bbfe74… 1/ “It will be very difficult to avoid demand management,” says one veteran aviation industry executive. “Our solutions are medium to long-term. The sheer speed of climate change is such that . . . we need to reduce emissions much more drastically than we thought.”

𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗪? 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘯𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘺? #AviationWorkerAssembly

We created a series of infographics to explain: 𝟭. What is an Aviation Workers’ Assembly?

1. The UK Govt's Dept for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy recently announced £685m of funding to support green aerospace technology. Martin Chalk (@CaptChalk) the General Secretary of British Airline Pilots Assoc. (BALPA) (@BALPApilots) responded🧵:
balpa.org/Media-Centre/P… 2. @CaptChalk also flagged BALPA's "Environment and Sustainability" position paper which can be found here: balpa.org/Positions/Envi….
This states that: "we are in the midst of a climate crisis and have a moral and legal obligation to ensure our future is a sustainable one."

1. Safe Landing have responded to the UK Government 𝐷𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 "𝗝𝗲𝘁 𝗭𝗲𝗿𝗼" Consultation: "updated evidence and analysis to inform our strategy for net zero aviation" which closed last week: gov.uk/government/con…
A thread 🧵... 2. We believe a variety of scenarios are missing:
- limits on air traffic growth, particularly of long-haul aviation as recommended by the IEA.
- carbon prices becoming far higher, far earlier.
- total climate impact modelled, including non-CO2 emissions.