To: All Pilots
Re: Threat by Management
Date: 07th July 2013
As you may know, on Thursday July 4th 2013, xxxx held a meeting with the pilots in Niederrhein along with another HR manager from Dublin. Please refrain from spreading rumours that may be started by the company or agents of the management about this event. The facts are as follows.
The meeting was announced with only 24hours notice. The subject was Winter Aircraft Reductions. During this meeting pilots were told to choose between the following for this winter:
1 unpaid leave
2 winter job sharing
3 base transfer
Management informed the base that a reduction of 20 FO’s and 20 Capt’s for winter is necessary. This is despite the deliberate decision by the company to move over 20 pilots to the base in the last two months.
Pilots were informed if no choice has been made in a week, they will be fired or as quoted during the meeting made 'redundant'. They also claim as there is no ERC in NRN, negotiations will not take place on the issue.
They told the pilots that they will not put these conditions into any memos or any written document. They suggested that the information should be spread throughout the base by word of mouth only.
Further announcements were made about winter groundings similar to last year’s figure of 80 aircraft.
The company is making record profits and will continue to do so. Pilots are being expected to take further pay cuts both in base agreements and command upgrades. A pilots meeting is going to be held in the base next week. Legal advice is being compiled in the context of the above and will be discussed at this meeting.
Where in the past they at least pretended, it is obvious to see that RYR management is no longer negotiating at all. Bases that will be next in line for contract negotiations and winter reductions; this is a wake-up call. This is a pilot problem, not an individual base issue. We ask that you to hold a meeting at your base in the next 7 days to discuss this threat. While we have support by the associations, do not expect someone else to arrange this; we are the RPG and we are responsible for our livelihood.
Please stay in contact with us about the arrangements of your meetings. We will endeavour to keep you posted on all updates as they develop throughout the network. Please stay tuned in to all communication channels and talk to each other on the line.
Your Colleagues
Professional Treatment
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