Swiss International Air Lines and its Aeropers and IPG pilots? unions have reached an agreement in their negotiations on the future overall structure and working parameters for the company?s cockpit crew corps.
SWISS and its Aeropers and IPG cockpit crew unions have been in discussions since the end of last year with a view to establishing forward-looking working structures and laying the foundations for a single pilot corps. After intensive negotiations, the parties have found a viable compromise in the last few days that has met with the approval of both unions and the company.
The key issues in these discussions have been creating an integrated Swiss European & Swiss International pilot corps, efficiently introducing the new Bombardier CS100 and Boeing 777 aircraft types, sustainably maintaining SWISS?s competitive edge, securing cockpit jobs and establishing and developing the company?s new Geneva crew base.
The agreement reached will now be used to work out the corresponding amendments to the collective labour agreements (CLAs) of the two pilot corps between now and the end of this year. These amendments will then be presented to the unions? respective members for approval. The aim here is to have all collaborations under the new employment parameters from April 2014 onwards.????
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With the result of these negotiations, and the corresponding integration of Swiss European Air Lines into Swiss International Air Lines, SWISS is both setting a vital course for its own corporate future and breaking new ground within the airline industry.
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