60 Swiss pilots to move to China Airlines
Press release:
Sixty pilots of Swiss are to move to China Airlines according to a agreement reached between the two companies. A Swiss spokesperson confirmed a report of the "La Liberté" newspaper on Tuesday. The China Airlines offer applies to the pilots of Swiss predecessor Crossair, a regional subsidiary of the insolvent Swissair. China Airlines is looking for 40 pilots for 747 aircraft and 20 pilots for A330 and A340. Swiss has too many pilots due to the upcoming reduction of their fleet, effective with the winter schedule 2005/2006