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EasyJet pilots reduce their hours to save colleagues’ jobs
EasyJet has come to an agreement with its pilots to ensure none of them will be made compulsorily redundant.
In June, easyJet warned up to 727 pilot jobs were at risk.
Pilots’ union BALPA has reached agreement on behalf of its members, which will see 60 pilots leaving voluntarily and 1,500 working part time.
All the pilots based at Southend, Stansted, and Newcastle which have been closed will be offered jobs elsewhere on the UK network.
BALPA praised easyJet’s ‘positive approach’ during negotiations.
Brian Strutton, BALPA General Secretary said: "This is a remarkable achievement which has only been possible because of three groups of people: the BALPA reps, easyJet management who have worked with us constructively during this process, but most of all the easyJet pilots themselves who have volunteered in record numbers for part time work and voluntary redundancy to help save their colleagues’ jobs."
Captain Sean Casey, Chairman of the BALPA easyJet Company Council said, "I have been overwhelmed by the take up of part time. Each pilot who has volunteered to work less has done so because he or she wants to help colleagues keep their jobs. This truly is a demonstration of our unity in easyJet.
"I want to pay tribute to our easyJet management colleagues who we’ve been working with throughout this process. We’ve had tough talks, but in the end we have come to a sensible and fair arrangement in light of the crisis the whole aviation sector is facing. We have now secured a solid platform for both the airline and the pilots to benefit from the recovery we all hope to see in the next year."
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