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PRONUNCIATION OF BALPA

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WHAT DOES BALPA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

British Airline Pilots' Association

The British Airline Pilots’ Association is the professional association and registered trade union established to represent the interests of all UK pilots. BALPA represents over 75% of all fixed wing pilots and helicopter aircrew based in the UK - as well as many working overseas. With a membership of over 10,000 professional flight crew, the association holds the largest collective resource of pilot qualification and experience in the UK. BALPA is one of the founder members of IFALPA, the International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations, which co-ordinates the views and opinions of well over 100,000 flight crew around the globe. In Europe, BALPA is a founding member of ECA, the European Cockpit Association. BALPA also works with the Civil Aviation Authority, the Department for Transport, the Department of Trade and Industry and many other bodies where the voice of ‘the pilot' is needed. BALPA work is underpinned by the association vision of ‘Making every flight a safe flight’.

Definition of BALPA in the English dictionary

The definition of BALPA in the dictionary is British Airline Pilots' Association.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BALPA


Atahualpa
ˌætəˈwɑːlpə
Bahawalpur
ˌbæhəˈwɒlpə
calpa
ˈkælpə
catalpa
kəˈtælpə
gulper
ˈɡʌlpə
helper
ˈhɛlpə
kalpa
ˈkælpə
kelper
ˈkɛlpə
milpa
ˈmɪlpə
pulper
ˈpʌlpə
salpa
ˈsælpə
scalper
ˈskælpə
talpa
ˈtælpə
tulpa
ˈtʊlpə
yelper
ˈjɛlpə
Zilpah
ˈzɪlpə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BALPA

Balmunc
Balmung
balmy
balneal
balneary
balneation
balneological
balneologist
balneology
balneotherapy
Balochi
Balochistan

WORDS THAT END LIKE BALPA

BUPA
CPA
EPA
FPA
GPA
HSDPA
IPA
JTPA
NATSOPA
NPA
NZPA
ROSPA
SEPA
WPA

Synonyms and antonyms of BALPA in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «BALPA» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BALPA

Find out the translation of BALPA to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of BALPA from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «BALPA» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

BALPA
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

BALPA
570 millions of speakers

English

BALPA
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

BALPA
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

BALPA
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

BALPA
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

BALPA
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

BALPA
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

BALPA
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

BALPA
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

BALPA
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

BALPA
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

BALPA
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

BALPA
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

BALPA
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

BALPA
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाल्पा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Balpa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

BALPA
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

BALPA
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

BALPA
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

BALPA
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Balpa
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

BALPA
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

BALPA
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

BALPA
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of BALPA

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BALPA»

The term «BALPA» is normally little used and occupies the 143.955 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BALPA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «BALPA» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «BALPA» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about BALPA

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BALPA»

Discover the use of BALPA in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to BALPA and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Laval and Viking Cases: Freedom of Services and ...
4 CASE LAW IN THE UK AFTER VIKING AND LAVAL One case which would have tested the effect of the Viking ruling, BALPA v. British Airways, was withdrawn from the High Court in May 2008 because of the mounting costsof legal action ...
Roger Blanpain, Andrzej Świątkowski, 2009
2
Management in the Airline Industry
This timetable does not include several informal conversations with officials at BALPA, including the Chairperson and several Principal Negotiators, members of the Company Council Industrial Forum following the presentation of the ...
Geraint Harvey, 2007
3
Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations
Similarly, less than 30% of pilots reported satisfaction with BALPA's effectiveness when it came to improving pay, while only 36% of respondents felt that BALPA's efforts in improving industrial benefits were satisfactory. Already moribund in ...
David Lewin, Paul J. Gollan, 2012
4
An Air Transport Strategy for Northern Ireland: First Report ...
Kate Sherry: By all means. Chair: Thank you for the presentation so far. Joe, can you come in? Q515 Mr Benton: Yes. Good afternoon and welcome. I was intending to ask you to give a view on BALPA. I am now looking through your preamble, ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, 2012
5
New Scientist
Last September, BALPA advised its commanders not to undertake night landings on R/W 09 except in an emergency. These are just some of the flight safety problems that BALPA considers of concern in the public interest, deserving of ...
6
Aviation Terrorism and Security
The Conduct of HMG It was the experience of BALPA that HMG conducted all stages of the administrative and legislative process with integrity and competence. At NASC BALPA was able to comment on current issues. By virtue of the ...
Paul Wilkinson, Brian Jenkins, 2013
7
Paying for the Piper: Capital and Labour in Britain's ...
Bristow had at first conceded the setting up of an internal consultative body to provide 'inputs' to company policy, but in reality aimed at avoiding claims for collective bargaining recognition from the union, BALPA.When the in-house forum ...
Charles Woolfson, John Foster, Matthais Beck, 2013
8
Speedbird: The Complete History of BOAC
BALPA wanted the bid—line, but was reluctant to accept the consequential redundancy. (BEA had just noted it would need no new pilots for four years.) The patient Professor Wood was finally able to tell BOAC that BALPA wanted something ...
Robin Higham, 2013
9
European Labour Law
BALPA, the pilots' union, had planned to issue dates for its first strikes, which would ground the airline, but was forced to postpone the move when BA warned the union it had “a valid legal claim” against it, if it “took the disproportionate step of ...
Brian Bercusson, 2009
10
House of Commons - Transport Committee: Flight Time ...
Using the approach applied by BALPA a very similar scenario could be theoretically possible under existing rules and the EASA legislation restricts such a pattern rather than increases it. BALPA's example also relies on a scenario whereby a ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Transport Committee, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BALPA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term BALPA is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BALPA considers appealing black box decision for Sumburgh's …
The British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) is due to announce this week whether it intends to try and block the release of the recordings to ... «Energy Voice, Jul 15»
2
Report backs third Heathrow runway
... Britain and is not simply exploited by our competitors," said Jim McAuslan, general secretary of the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA). «BBC News, Jun 15»
3
Aviation Experts Warn of Disaster After Drone's Near-Miss With Airbus
According to a survey carried out by the British Airline Pilots Assosociation (BALPA), more than half (52%) of the British public think that those ... «Yahoo News UK, Jun 15»
4
Watch: Lightning bolt strikes aircraft as it flies through storm
British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) spokesperson Captain Steven Draper told MailOnline Travel: "Lightning strikes do not affect the flying ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»
5
Photo of the moment a LIGHTNING BOLT strikes wing of airliner
British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) spokesperson Captain Steven Draper told MailOnline Travel: 'Lightning strikes do not affect the flying ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
6
High court decision limits scope of collective bargaining rights
BALPA, the airline pilots' union, had successfully applied to the CAC for statutory recognition in relation to a group of workers at Jet2.com. «CIPD, Jun 15»
7
Rivers in spate, bridge submerged as unabated rains lash districts
With the river and water bodies overflowing, the low-lying areas of Hariharapallathadka, Kollamogru, Guthigaru, Panja, Balpa, Enekal, Ninthikal ... «Deccan Herald, Jun 15»
8
Judge grants order for disclosure of flight data recorder from Super …
BALPA argued that “if air accident investigators are routinely required to disclose relevant records such as the cockpit voice recorder, this will ... «Scottish Legal News, Jun 15»
9
Lord Advocate wins black box ruling
Following the decision, Balpa said in a statement: "Pilots are concerned about the use of flight data for anything other than accident ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
10
High Court decision on statutory collective bargaining represents …
In 2011, the trade union representing UK pilots, BALPA, successfully applied to the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) for statutory ... «Lexology, Jun 15»

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