British Air Line Pilots Association

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**BALPA**<tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">Image:BALPA logo.png</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;">British Air Line Pilots Association</td></tr><tr><th>**Founded**</th><td>June 27, 1937</td></tr><tr><th>**Members**</th><td>8000</td></tr><tr><th>**Country**</th><td>United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th>**Affiliation**</th><td>TUC</td></tr><tr><th>**Key people**</th><td>Mervyn Granshaw, chairman</td></tr><tr><th>**Office location**</th><td>Middlesex, England</td></tr><tr><th>**Website**</th><td>www.balpa.org</td></tr>

The British Air Line Pilots Association (BALPA) is the world's second largest flight crew association, next to Air Line Pilots Association, International (which is based in the US and Canada).

It was founded on June 27, 1937 by Eric Lane-Burslam, and 87 other pilots, at a meeting at the Greyhound Hotel in Croydon. Today, it has more than 75% of British civil and commercial pilots as members. BALPA is committed to promoting the highest standards of safety and security in the industry, inspiring members’ confidence, maintaining representation and negotiation standards, promoting the views of flight crew, publicly and with employers.