These are the latest working conditions
- Pilots are thinking about striking due to low wages that have been behind inflation for several years. Rumors are salary will increase maximum 10% and year-end bonus of 6 months basic salary (approx 1 month full salary).
EVA Air pilots threaten to strike
- Taiwanese pilots blame expats for low salaries, so they are trying to stop EVA from recruiting more foreign pilots, the irony is, that many Taiwanese pilots are trying to enter the US market and some with dual citizenship have already left while trying to pull more Taiwanese pilots into the US.
- Lots of expats are already in line to join several other carriers in the Middle East or the US. Some Malaysians already left for HKG-based carriers without finishing their 3-year contract.
- Eva still finding short-term solutions with unemployed thai pėlots and some other countries to replace the ones leaving, while management is calling some senior Capts to check whether they have an estimate of pilots that are willing to leave next year for manpower planning purposes
All this means that management's focus is on replacing pilots and not improving working conditions.