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Old 14th Mar 2020, 08:18
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Korean Air’s 10 A380s are also grounded but their 747 cargo aircraft are in high demand.
Emirates are asking for delays in deliveries of A380s.
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FG: Coronavirus brings Virgin Atlantic A340 era to sudden halt

These will be grounded, and presumably ground up too.
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Old 14th Mar 2020, 13:49
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FG: Coronavirus brings Virgin Atlantic A340 era to sudden halt

These will be grounded, and presumably ground up too.
Shame, to me the A340 is the most aesthetic of all the Airbuses. Beautiful lines and curves
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Old 14th Mar 2020, 16:19
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Originally Posted by Longtimer
Link to this info please.
Firing was maybe the wrong word, not renewing temporary contracts the right one. Only dutch sources:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2327047-klm-w...500-banen.html



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Originally Posted by procede
Firing was maybe the wrong word, not renewing temporary contracts the right one. Only dutch sources:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2327047-klm-w...500-banen.html
I don't want to correct you or your article, but the KLM press release clearly mentions between 1500 and 2000 Full Time Equivalents.
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Old 15th Mar 2020, 07:21
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Originally Posted by luchtzak
I don't want to correct you or your article, but the KLM press release clearly mentions between 1500 and 2000 Full Time Equivalents.
So that would then be even more people without a job...
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Originally Posted by procede
Firing was maybe the wrong word, not renewing temporary contracts the right one. Only dutch sources:
https://nos.nl/artikel/2327047-klm-w...500-banen.html

Correct. 1500-2000 FTE, not only temp employments but also flex hires will be let go.

Also there will be a reduction in contract hours of all personnel by 30%. This cut will only partially be covered by the government.
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Originally Posted by AtoZ
Korean Air’s 10 A380s are also grounded but their 747 cargo aircraft are in high demand.
Emirates are asking for delays in deliveries of A380s.
EK were asking for delays to 380 deliveries long before corona kicked off!
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Old 15th Mar 2020, 08:57
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For every action there is a reaction, every one is shutting down and isolating now but that will change, those cancelling travel and holidays will rebook later. I am predicting this crisis will either burn itself out within 6 weeks or we will all be dead. By midsummer it’s likely everyone will be flat out working overtime so make the most of the time off you have now, it will improve soon enough.

Yes. I have always been an optimist!.
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Old 15th Mar 2020, 14:20
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Originally Posted by Deltasierra010
, those cancelling travel and holidays will rebook later. I am predicting this crisis will either burn itself out within 6 weeks or we will all be dead. By midsummer it’s likely everyone will be flat out working overtime so make the most of the time off you have now, it will improve soon enough.
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6 weeks ? I wish you were right but every specialist predict it will be months before we see the end of this...
One think you are right though it will rebound and pick up again , and then many of us will be caught with our pants down trying to replace all those people gone , just like the previous crises..
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Old 15th Mar 2020, 14:49
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All KLM lay offs, as previously mentioned, are temporarily contracts and flex workers. NO layoffs of pilots, cabin crews. They do have requested the government for compensation for 30% of the total income of all 30.000 employees. In that case the top 30% of your income will be paid for 70% by the government.

So NO permanent contract job losses. And for all 30.000 employees about a 10-12% income loss. Which is a pre-tax amount. So most pilots will see a 5-6% NET pay decrease.

the 1500-2000 jobs that are lost are primarily for ground staff functions hired by external companies.
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Old 15th Mar 2020, 17:00
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Originally Posted by aerodestination
All KLM lay offs, as previously mentioned, are temporarily contracts and flex workers. NO layoffs of pilots, cabin crews. They do have requested the government for compensation for 30% of the total income of all 30.000 employees. In that case the top 30% of your income will be paid for 70% by the government.

So NO permanent contract job losses. And for all 30.000 employees about a 10-12% income loss. Which is a pre-tax amount. So most pilots will see a 5-6% NET pay decrease.

the 1500-2000 jobs that are lost are primarily for ground staff functions hired by external companies.
They are still people who are now without a job. And with current developments, all bets are off. I would not be surprised if most carriers end up going bancrupt and/or being nationalised.
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Old 15th Mar 2020, 17:15
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Originally Posted by procede
They are still people who are now without a job. And with current developments, all bets are off. I would not be surprised if most carriers end up going bancrupt and/or being nationalised.
absolutely not denying that off course! But currently there are no lay offs for people with permanent contracts. Just wanted to make that clear.
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Old 15th Mar 2020, 17:40
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SAS are temporarily sending home 10.000 employees, or 9 out of 10 employees. Out of 4.200 employees in Denmark, only 200 will remain. 3.000 staff will be sent home from Norway and Sweden.

Out of Copenhagen SAS will only operate a single domestic route to AAL.

https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/sa...te-sendes-hjem (Danish)
https://www.nrk.no/norge/her-er-regj...vet-1.14945564 (Norwegian)
https://www.svt.se/nyheter/snabbkoll...-000-anstallda (Swedish)

Staff in Denmark will not be laid off, as the Government will be paying up to 75% of the salaries of all employees in private industry, who would otherwise face mass lay-offs. Don't know the situation in Sweden or Norway, but I guess they'll be headed for similar solutions.
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Old 15th Mar 2020, 23:59
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Originally Posted by aerodestination
And for all 30.000 employees about a 10-12% income loss. Which is a pre-tax amount. So most pilots will see a 5-6% NET pay decrease..
10-12% gross is 9-11% net!
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Old 16th Mar 2020, 01:13
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Originally Posted by sarah737
10-12% gross is 9-11% net!
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And for all 30.000 employees about a 10-12% income loss. Which is a pre-tax amount. So most pilots will see a 5-6% NET pay decrease..

Others in our industry will see a 100% decrease in their earnings. go figure......
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Old 16th Mar 2020, 07:30
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Originally Posted by Longtimer
And for all 30.000 employees about a 10-12% income loss. Which is a pre-tax amount. So most pilots will see a 5-6% NET pay decrease..
You need to brush up your maths a bit!
50% tax is applicable to the amount not to the percentage of pay loss, Sarah is correct.
(150.000 pre-tax is +/-76400 net, 10% less, 135000 is 68900 net, which is 7500 or 9,8% less)
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Old 16th Mar 2020, 07:39
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Originally Posted by SpGo
You need to brush up your maths a bit!
50% tax is applicable to the amount not to the percentage of pay loss, Sarah is correct.
(150.000 pre-tax is +/-76400 net, 10% less, 135000 is 68900 net, which is 7500 or 9,8% less)
You need to brush up your understanding of tax a bit! Income tax is graduated - you don't pay the top rate on your whole income. Tax rates in Norway start at 22%.

I have no idea how much pilots earn at Norwegian, so I can't make the calculation. But the net cut will definitely be less than 10% because of the graduated tax rate.

For example. If someone earns 200k, and 100k is taxed at 25% and 100K at 50%, post-tax income is 125k. Reduce this by 10% to 180K and post-tax income is 115K, a reduction of 8%.
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Originally Posted by marchino61
You need to brush up your understanding of tax a bit! Income tax is graduated - you don't pay the top rate on your whole income. Tax rates in Norway start at 22%.

I have no idea how much pilots earn at Norwegian, so I can't make the calculation. But the net cut will definitely be less than 10% because of the graduated tax rate.

For example. If someone earns 200k, and 100k is taxed at 25% and 100K at 50%, post-tax income is 125k. Reduce this by 10% to 180K and post-tax income is 115K, a reduction of 8%.
Exactly 8% and not 5% as OP wrote, they were claiming a 10% pay cut becomes 5% due to 50% tax.
Your example for Dutch tax, talking about KLM after all, would be:
200k equals 101,7 net and 180k becomes 91,6 a loss of 10,1k or 9,9%...
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You can probably convert it but it will be:
1) Expensive
2) Heavy
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