SWISS Pilot Reduction Notices
SWISS management have just announced this evening that 165 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) ex-Crossair pilots (OC1 pilot corps) on the bottom of the OC1 list will be sent their notices on Thursday 20/03/2003. This reduction comes out of a current total pilot figure of 1844 comprising 1010 ex-Crossair and 834 ex-Swissair pilots (OC2 pilot corps).
With the 6 months notice which will now be offerred to these OC1 dismissed pilots, the legal dispute over seniority with respect to ex-Crossair and ex-Swissair pilots has a chance of being resolved in May 2003 before any dismissals come into effect late September 2003.
A very sad day indeed!