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Unite calls for radical action to protect thousands of jobs in the aviation industry
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RADICAL action is needed to make sure the aviation industry has a viable future after the current crisis and to safeguard hundreds of thousands of jobs, according to Unite.

The union has written to the government setting out a blueprint for the future of the sector.

Unite said it is inevitable that the industry must change and that there could be consolidations across all parts of the sector, which will need government finance.

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