Allright, now back on-topic. Which is NOT the money that klm pilots receive. As global global said, the salary part has been agreed upon months ago.
It is about the systematic attempt by management, in particular the COO, to break the grip that we have concerning our lives. The supervisory board has sent our directors on some sort of mission to “end the position of the pilots once and for all” and start the race to the bottom. And that is dangerous, particularly because our COO knows exactly what to do. He has been the front man of our pilots union about 15 years ago. He knows all ins and outs. So when we ended up donating millions and millions from our pension fund, and reduced our pay by 15% in 2015, the executives and management thought they were on the right track.
Now we are here. On our way to the bottom, with a klm workforce and the gutter press that is being used as an angry mob against us.
The seniority list is very important. Without it we can be split up. No way. And klm “forgot” to hire ANY new pilot between july 2015 and january 2017. That is a management mistake with huge implications, particularly in a seniority system. Unless if it was done so on purpose. To put the pressure on.
So ulimately it is about long term visions. Do the legacy carriers need LCC’s as an ulimate target? The Chinese model of DEC’s? Would be a lot cheaper for klm. We will see.