Vueling pilots strike

[Jimmy Hoffa Rocks]

MADRID — Pilots at Spanish low-cost airline Vueling plan to go on strike for four days in April and May in a dispute over contracts, national pilots union SEPLA said on Thursday.

The pilots will walk out for 24 hours on April 25 and 26, and May 3 and 4, SEPLA said in a statement on its website.

A SEPLA spokeswoman said the pilots alleged the company was not fulfilling conditions of their employment agreements.

Vueling, operated by IAG, had no immediate comment.

¨El Sindicato de Pilotos de Líneas Aéreas (Sepla) ha puesto a Vueling dos condiciones para no ir a la huelga: una subida salarial de al menos el 30% y la garantía de que se va a seguir creciendo en las bases españolas.

Los paros están convocados para el 25 y 26 de abril y el 3 y 4 de mayo. Según informa el diario 'La Provincia', Juan Manuel Redondo, jefe de la sección sindical de Sepla en Vueling, estima que el salario base de un piloto en comparación con otras 'low cost' europeas como easyJet, Ryanair o Norwegian está entre un 30% y un 60% por debajo.

El sindicato de pilotos también ha exigido a Vueling que garantice el crecimiento en las bases españolas. Según opinan, “gran parte de ese crecimiento” se está dando fuera por lo que si un piloto quiere progresar en su carrera profesional “se ve obligado” a cambiar de ciudad.¨

[macdo]

Well their app certainly commented, all by itself, complete with apology! Luckily I was flying with them today. But, best of luck to them.

[CaptainProp]

If contracts not honoured then good on them standing up for themselves!

CP

[Jimmy Hoffa Rocks]

Vueling pilots are striking for a number of reasons, tomorrow and Thursday

Vueling pilots have made many sacrifices in the past.

1) Incumpliance of their current collective bargaining agreement.

2) Differences in their next collective bargaining agreement negotiations
Very little offered by the company for a Vueling pilot to retire. No real pension plan.

FOs at Vueling making 2300-2400 Euros a month, SEPLA wants to significantly improve FOs conditions.

Vueling has recently lost a lot of pilots, to many companies like Easyjet and Easyjet. Meanwhile Vueling has has trouble finding experienced pilots.

3) Differences in Vueling´s expansion plans in Italy and France.
Vueling´s management does not wish to work together with SEPLA :ugh:

Time for IAG and Vueling´s management to wake up, pay market price, for Vueling´s pilots, or Vueling will have a pilot shortage, soon.

[Jaair]

It gets worse. Pilots in Air Europa Express can earn as low as 500 euros a month during the off-season as seen in the Spanish forum (https://www.pprune.org/spanish-forum/607518-air-europa-express-2.html#post10126686).