There are often negative connotations associated with health and safety, but have you ever wondered who challenges and holds your companies to account with keeping crew rooms in shape, maintaining the cleanliness of aircraft flight decks, and providing you with adequate supplies of winter personal protective equipment, among other things? Without the herculean efforts of your BALPA-appointed Health and Safety (H&S) representatives, things would be a lot worse. What is the Occupational Health & Safety Group (OHSG)? As a function of its association status, BALPA has a technical capability comprising a number of safety-related study groups, of which the OHSG is one. The OHSG differs from other study groups in that it includes officially appointed and trained1 health and safety specialists who have specific rights, laid down in legislation, and whose status is recognised by the companies in which they work. Other study groups are largely staffed by volunteer reps. The OHSG has responsibility for the development and implementation of BALPA occupational health and safety policy and procedures, with an emphasis on professional pilot operational experience.
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