‘Once I Get You Up There, Where the Air is Rarified’: Health, Safety and the Working Conditions of Airline Cabin Crews

The working environment of the modern aircraft and the conditions in which airline cabin crews operate are issues which have been largely ignored in the industrial relations literature. This article considers recent trends in airline industrial relations and argues that the aircraft cabin is host to a number of hazards which pose serious threats to the health and safety of those who work in it.