did this actually happen??
read this article. its a couple months old but im just curious if it actually is true?
Cathay Pacific pilots were to bid on them by raising salaries to 12 percent after the company’s pilots are threatening not to work on Christmas day. And after that happened, the thing gets clear and benefits for the pilots themselves. They finally got the higher salary than before. Quoted from the Straits Times, Sunday (01/02/2011), within the past six weeks, 1,800 members of the Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association called for a number of agreements, including salary increases which increased by more than 30 percent.
“We believe that this package is very good and we hope that our pilots will see it all balanced and there are still many problems to be discussed with representatives of the pilot as long as we are negotiating with them,” said a spokesman for Cathay Pacific anonymity.
Flag carrier based in Hong Kong will give an award to the pilot with up to nine percent wage increase and subsequently by two-three per cent in May 2012. Related to this issue, the union could not be reached for comment, but chairman Peter Vinna just had explained in the letter that this is a good start to fix the salary level and form the foundation on which to base further than before.