Industrial Action at Vueling over Easter
Trouble is brewing between Vueling management and its pilots.
Apparently, according to a source close to the SEPLA Vueling pilot union, there will be action taken over Easter, between the 17th and 23th of April. related to the cadet issues and other injustices. The Sepla Vueling ( not even two years old ) Union has taken a lot of heat of over these 850 Euros level 6 FO´s and now measures will be taken soon, it´s about time. The union has been pushed to the wall by the draconian management in place, and now.
The Vueling pilot union negotiated a first collective agreement in which the old Clickair FO´s and Old Vueling Captains got a good pay rise but this pay rise for those inside was only agreed to because of the cheap new hire FO´s. In the Vueling collective agreement, improvements such as vacation were made but at the expense of these poor slavelike cadets, who did not exist at the time of negotiations.
Vueling was dishonestly hiding this cadet program from the union, and now Vueling management will pay for this disrespect they have shown to the pilot community. The company has abused the spirit of the collective agreement. Many pilots are pissed off. The time is for the Vueling pilots to be united and support their union and to participate more, as they have been too complacent. The complacency of Vueling Captains has helped create this situation.
Its also too bad that Vueling got so many applications for these postions, with these conditions.
Certain days over Easter are being planned in which the strictest application of the operations manual will be applied as well, and it will be related to the cadets as one of the main issues. An assembly and meeting is coming up on the 14th of March in which this issue will be one of the main topics.
Right now there are cadets on standby on bases ( not their own ) without any pay at all due to the trash contracts that Vueling management has created.
Vueling is doing a lot of trainingupgrading new captains. Vueling needs to hire experienced FO´s to fly with these new Captains .and pay them decently. If Vueling does not fix this new hire cadet program it will affect safety. Passengers do not want to fly on an airline where of the FO´s has been sleeping in a car.
Will it affect safety if management does not improve these conditions, yes
The Sepla Vueling pilot union has just signed an agreement with the Sepla Iberia union.