Good morning. These are the leading stories in local newspapers this Friday.
The Times of Malta reports on discontent at Air Malta, where around 40 cabin crew workers have said that a new collective agreement is a form of "institutionalised discrimination".
In another story, the newspaper reports that MEP David Casa has written to authorities in the UAE urging them to investigate Dubai-registered company 17 Black.
The Malta Independent cites the MFSA as saying that it spotted no "red flags" during Pilatus Bank's due diligence process. The report comes after US prosecutors alleged that the bank was set up using proceeds its chairman obtained illegally.
L-Orizzont highlights a pledge made by Education Minister Evarist Bartolo to help private schools pay for teacher salary increases introduced through a revised collective agreement.
In-Nazzjon focuses on impending amendments to the Embryo Protection Act, with the paper quoting a Gift of Life spokesman as saying the President of Malta is now the group's "last hope" to block the changes.