IFALPA ban
SCMP Thursday, July 26.
An international umbrella organisation of pilot unions has banned members from taking jobs with Cathay Pacific or helping train Cathay pilots.
The International Federation of Air Line Pilots' Associations - representing groups with more than 100,000 pilots as members - criticised Cathay's sacking of 52 pilots.
In a written note advising member organisations of the bans, the group described the dismissals as an intimidatory tactic and a "deliberate attempt to escalate the situation into a full-blown confrontation".
Despite the latest call, the federation and local pilots previously have asked pilots from other airlines help Cathay put on extra flights in the interests of passenger convenience.
Aircrew Officers' Association general secretary John Findlay said it was hard to tell what effect the bans would have, but it would alert pilots to the dispute.
The federation said the bans were put in place at the request of Hong Kong pilots.
Cathay's director of corporate development, Tony Tyler, said the bans had not affected the company.