Some facts from the latest outcome of BALPA involvement at Thomson:
"We have worked with the Company to get external opportunities on the table and to put Career Break 2 in place that will allow a pilot to be paid in full up to the end of April even if they need or want to leave before that. We
have also asked the Company to be as flexible as possible when it
comes to last minute roster release and to help facilitate
introductions. Next month 80 Thomson Airways pilots have
interviews and simulator assessments lined up in the UK with Qatar
Airways and around 25 have interviews with Fly Dubai."
"We have negotiated with the Company to save at least 19 pilot jobs
in addition to re-opening a further voluntary severance scheme. So
from the Company figure of 156 pilots, (137 FTE), the number of
redundancies has dropped to 137 pilots, (120 FTE), and hopefully
will drop further with VS take up. We have also negotiated to
reduce the number of demoted Captains from 62 down to 20."
I could quote more but I think the above is good enough!
I look forward to the response from our resident anti-unionists!
