ALPA Backs British Airways Pilots in Opposing OpenSkies
03-01-2008, 07:38 AM
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ALPA Backs British Airways Pilots in Opposing OpenSkies
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ALPA’s president, Capt. John Prater, and first vice-president, Capt. Paul Rice, recently sent a video message to British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) members who fly for British Airways to express staunch solidarity in their fight against their management’s attempt to use non-British Airways pilots to fly an alter-ego airline known as OpenSkies.
On February 21, a ballot of BALPA pilots was counted and 86 percent voted in favor of a strike action. The strike ballot is valid for 28 days and the union must give the airline 7 days’ notice of any industrial action. On February 22, BALPA officials and airline management agreed to enter mediation and BALPA announced that no industrial action would occur for the time being.
By creating OpenSkies, BA management is intending to avoid employing British Airways pilots who have been essential to the airline’s financial success and extraordinary safety record. BA pilots have won hard-earned pay, benefits, and job security as a result of their decades of investment and dedication to their airline. In addition, OpenSkies intends to use aircraft from the British Airways fleet.
“On behalf of airline pilots everywhere, I am urging you to take a stand, and hold firm to it, for just one day longer than management continues making its unjust demands,” concluded Prater in the video. “On behalf of the 61,000 members of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, in the United States and Canada, I pledge our commitment to support you and your union in your fight.”
ALPA’s president, Capt. John Prater, and first vice-president, Capt. Paul Rice, recently sent a video message to British Airline Pilots’ Association (BALPA) members who fly for British Airways to express staunch solidarity in their fight against their management’s attempt to use non-British Airways pilots to fly an alter-ego airline known as OpenSkies.
On February 21, a ballot of BALPA pilots was counted and 86 percent voted in favor of a strike action. The strike ballot is valid for 28 days and the union must give the airline 7 days’ notice of any industrial action. On February 22, BALPA officials and airline management agreed to enter mediation and BALPA announced that no industrial action would occur for the time being.
By creating OpenSkies, BA management is intending to avoid employing British Airways pilots who have been essential to the airline’s financial success and extraordinary safety record. BA pilots have won hard-earned pay, benefits, and job security as a result of their decades of investment and dedication to their airline. In addition, OpenSkies intends to use aircraft from the British Airways fleet.
“On behalf of airline pilots everywhere, I am urging you to take a stand, and hold firm to it, for just one day longer than management continues making its unjust demands,” concluded Prater in the video. “On behalf of the 61,000 members of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, in the United States and Canada, I pledge our commitment to support you and your union in your fight.”
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