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Bloomberg reports that FlySafair is not expecting any additional disruption to its services after reducing the number of daily flights it operates by about 30% to ensure that it has sufficient pilots for each trip amid a pilots’ strike.
It expects all scheduled flights to depart as planned from Tuesday. The airline employs around 310 pilots, of whom about 200 are represented by trade union Solidarity. Industrial action by the union’s members commenced on Monday, leaving 26 flights grounded. Solidarity said in a statement: “Solidarity gave FlySafair notice of a one-day strike, but FlySafair hit back with a notice that it would lock out the pilots for seven days, which could last for another seven days. This forced Solidarity to extend its strike notice to 14 days as well.” Solidarity spokesperson Helgard Cronje said that the airline’s lockout of its pilots, as well as the strike, would remain in place even as talks at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) got under way. According to the union, the company had been underestimating how disruptive the lockout would be for the company and its passengers.
- Read the full original of the report in the above regard at News24
- Read too, Travellers left in the lurch as FlySafair pilot strike grounds flights, at News24 (subscription / trial registration required)
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