Now that Alpa-s has capitulated at the eleventh hour, in the usual manner and declined to challenge the government imposed SIA pay cuts, by presenting a vigorous counter case in the IAC, no pay leave and 16.5/11% pay cuts can be quickly implemented and presumably Alpa-s spokesman Captain Perinpanayagam James can prepare himself for a “coincidental” move into senior flight ops management in the next couple of months.
What is the case, however, of the overseas based pilots in London? Will they similarly accept a gross abrogation of their (different) contract without such as a whimper, or will they see SIA in court?
I would suspect the latter, as their case would be uncontrovertibly winnable, pleaded in either English or European Courts, before judges unfettered by thoughts of government renewed three year judicial contracts.
When SIA quietly back down on this matter and London based remuneration remains untouched, what then of the SIA CEO’s protestation that “all our pilots will be treated in the same manner” (ie badly)?