Forhandlingsklimaet med flygerne organisert i Vereiningung Cockpit, har til tider vært veldig tøff, men de har alltid blitt enige. I SAS er det krig mellom flygerne og ledelsen. (Red.)
Worldwide air traffic
developments create new perspectives for Lufthansa Group pilots
By
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19 February 2022
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No compulsory redundancies
at Lufthansa Airlines
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Reduction of remaining
staff surplus at Lufthansa Airlines possible through voluntary leave program
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No collective bargaining
solution yet for pilots at Germanwings
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Lufthansa Cargo pilots 55
and over offered a voluntary early retirement programme
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New Lufthansa Group flight
school to start training cockpit crews this summer
The
Coronavirus pandemic continues to have a very serious impact on airlines and
their employees. After two years in “crisis mode,” Lufthansa Group flight
operations still have to cope with half the number of passengers in the first
quarter of 2022 compared to the first quarter of 2019.
For
captains, the crisis-related Lufthansa Airlines staff surplus has already been
reduced in a socially acceptable way with a successful voluntary leave
programme. Lufthansa also plans to offer first officers the opportunity to exit
from their contracts. Additionally, collective part-time agreements can also
alleviate existing personnel surplus. Lufthansa continues to discuss this with
its social partners.
This means
Lufthansa Airlines will waive compulsory redundancies for cockpit staff.
Michael
Niggemann, Executive Board Member for Human Resources and Legal Affairs at
Deutsche Lufthansa AG, said: “We have worked hard in
recent weeks and months to avert compulsory redundancies for the cockpit staff
of our core brand – despite the pandemic’s serious impact. It is a great
success that we have succeeded to do so.”
The global
crisis made painful decisions unavoidable in almost all companies of Lufthansa
Group. For example, passenger flight operations of Germanwings were permanently
suspended. Some pilots were and can still be transferred to Eurowings until 31
March 2022. An additional 80 pilots will join Lufthansa Airlines in Munich.
Solutions continue being sought for all other pilots affected, thereby offering
the prospect of continued employment in an existing or newly established
Lufthansa Group flight operation.
For pilots
55 and older, Lufthansa Cargo offers a voluntary early retirement programme. A
remaining need for further reductions will be accomplished by a voluntary leave
programme designed to avert compulsory redundancies, including pilots not close
to retirement age, or possible transfers to Lufthansa Airlines. The goal is to
find solutions together with the social partners.
Better prospects in the long term
In the long
term, the global recovery in demand for air transport will again lead to
significantly better prospects for pilots – both within and outside the
Lufthansa Group. For this reason, the Lufthansa Group’s new flight school under
the umbrella of Lufthansa Aviation Training will start training new pilots as
of summer 2022. The theoretical part of the approximately 24-month training
programme will take place in Bremen or Zurich; the practical part will take
place at locations in Goodyear, Arizona/USA, Grenchen/Switzerland or
Rostock-Laage/Germany. In the future, training will lead to receiving an EASA-certified
ATP license that qualifies for entry-level positions within and outside the
Lufthansa Group. The goal is quality training and maximising career prospects
for graduates.
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