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The Equal Skies Charter mission is to build a world where people with a disability have equal access to the benefits and opportunities provided by aviation and aerospace industries. The charter aims to increase the amount of people with disabilities working in aviation and aerospace and ensure that their lived experience is used to improve the sector’s services.
The Equal Skies Charter is an industry-driven initiative, calling on all aviation sector members to sign-up to a set of principles and behaviours that promote inclusion for people with disabilities.
Latest News
The Equal Skies Charter Launches Future Flight White Paper
The Equal Skies Charter is launching a White Paper at DroneX to emphasise the importance of addressing disability needs from the very beginning as the aviation industry embarks on a new era.
The Equal Skies Charter Welcomes Matchtech
Today The Equal Skies Charter has welcomed Matchtech as their latest partner. Matchtech are experts in recruiting into the aviation and aerospace industries and recognise the importance of inclusive recruitment as a driver of overall equality.
The Equal Skies Charter Appoints New Board
The 22nd of May saw the first meeting of The Equal Skies Charter’s inaugural board. The group of five bring a range of different experience and will be responsible for guiding the direction of the Charter over the coming months and years.
The Equal Skies Charter Announces Two New Partners
The Equal Skies Charter is delighted to welcome aboard two new partners, Air Partner and Air Service Training (Engineering) Ltd (AST).
First Equal Skies Conference Proves to be Great Success
The Equal Skies Charter really took off last week with its first successful conference - Boarding Now: Destination Equal Skies 2024 - held at the London law firm Shoosmiths.
This trailblazing event was well attended by HR professionals across the aviation industry and successfully built upon the charter's work to improve employment outcomes within the aviation and aerospace industries.
Boarding Now: Destination Equal Skies
A pioneering UK conference to enable aviation and aerospace businesses to make the most of an often untapped pool of talent among people living with a disability is being held in London next week.
Boarding Now: Destination Equal Skies will look at positive examples of where disabled people have been incorporated into the workforce, and will include a workshop on Heathrow Airport’s journey to becoming a disability confident employer.
The Equal Skies Charter Launches Industry Research
Yesterday evening The Equal Skies Charter spoke at The British Aviation Group’s annual dinner held at the Landmark hotel in London.
The event was attended by the Equal Skies Project Manager Harvey Matthewson and Aerobility’s CEO Mike Miller-Smith as well as other guests representing the organisations from across the aviation and aerospace industries.
Harvey Matthewson Announced as Equal Skies Manager
We are delighted to announce Harvey Matthewson as the new project manager for The Equal Skies Charter.
Harvey Matthewson has Cerebral Palsy and started learning to fly at Aerobility in 2016 becoming a private pilot in 2019 at the age of 21. The same year Harvey was employed by Aerobility delivering their youth programmes and ground services.