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Capt Ecureuil
Would anyone like to copy and paste that article in English ?
Guess Lufty and AF raise the European average.
Meanwhile 160K Euros for a wide-body sand pit command with the number of hours they do .... is that true?
Google translate, so no guarantees.......
The data are in the possession of De Telegraaf.
Yesterday it became known that KLM pilots use the route to strike, because the airline does not want to meet them sufficiently in terms of salaries and reduced workload.
The HPK group says that KLM pilots stand out in almost all categories. On average, KLM spends € 291,238 on a captain, which is 24% more than the German or British airlines. It concerns the total package of employment conditions, including profit distributions, holiday allowance, extra days worked and bonuses.
Profit payment
A KLM captain on a smaller aircraft such as the Boeing 737 earns 17% more than with Lufthansa or British Airways. Compared to the price fighters, the gap is even greater, the KLM pilot is 70% above the prize fighter pilot. The difference is partly due to the profit distribution of € 45 million made last year to the 2800 KLM pilots.
The KLM pilot is also at the bottom of the flight hours, according to the comparison. A breakpoint in the negotiations between the KLM management and the Dutch Traffic Flyers Association (VNV) is relief from the workload.
A captain on intercontinental flights at KLM is at 646 flight hours a year, which is 733 hours with airlines from the Middle East. American pilots have the least flight hours with 603 at long distances.
"It abrases enormously"
Within KLM, the unrest among the pilots is being looked at with great care. "Internally, it scans enormously that there are large salary differences in the workplace. The workload of the ground staff is also high, but do the pilots have the heavier? However, KLM and the VNV are never accountable for the internal income ratio. The KLM management is now reaping the acid benefits, "is the analysis of FNV director Jan van den Brink.
He is not constantly measuring between the different groups within KLM, because then the end is lost, according to the trade unionist. "The widest shoulders should carry the heaviest loads, but in practice it is skewed. Is that an honest relationship in 2018? KLM is not afraid of that discussion. "
Right to strike
The European Social Charter states that employees may cease if they do not agree with their employer about their terms of employment or the contents of a collective labor agreement. This is independent of what these employees earn. "Nowhere has it been determined that this has a financial upper limit. Despite the fact that it strikes society that well paid pilots stop, they have the right to strike, "says labor lawyer Pascal Besselink of legal services provider DAS.
In the constituency of the VNV, one is divided over possible strikes. Some pilots point out that the difference between management and trade union is not so great. Finally, an agreement was reached on a salary increase of 4% and a reduction of the workload of 4%. "I am convinced that work interruptions are not necessary. The unanimity and therefore the power comes from a beautiful new collective labor agreement. We are obliged to the next generations ", says Fred Heijer on the pilots forum.
The VNV does not respond to a request for comment, just as KLM does. Before the airline goes down, the VNV members still have to agree with further actions. That moment is now planned for the beginning of September