Oneworld Cockpit Crew Coalition Condemns Treatment of Cathay Pacific Pilots<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\nLONDON, United Kingdom (Dec. 7, 2021) \u2013 The Oneworld Cockpit Crew Coalition (OCCC) expressed deep concern regarding what it termed \u201cuntenable working conditions\u201d at Cathay Pacific since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Comprised of the 30,000 professional union pilots who fly for the member airlines of the oneworld Alliance, the OCCC has convened for an in-person meeting in London this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pilots of Cathay Pacific face a hostile management. The result is a toxic industrial climate,\u201d said Captain John Sluys, Oneworld Cockpit Crew Coalition Chair. \u201cDuring the past 15 months, Cathay Pacific management has unilaterally terminated the pilots\u2019 Recognition and Good Faith Bargaining agreements and imposed a \u2018sign or be fired\u2019 concessionary agreement upon them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pilots and their families have also been subjected to highly onerous quarantine conditions,\u201d said Captain Sluys, who is a 737 pilot for Alaska Airlines.<\/p>\n
The Hong Kong Air Crew Officers Association (HKAOA), bargaining representative of the Cathay Pacific pilots, has been providing basic necessities and convenience items such as compact refrigerators and microwave ovens to pilots and family members in quarantine at the barracks-like government facilities \u2014 ameliorative measures that, until recently, the company had failed to take. The HKAOA membership have also responded in a similar manner to assist pilots from other airlines who have been placed into government quarantine facilities and have been continuously coordinating with the pilots\u2019 representatives and families.<\/p>\n
\u201cCathay Pacific management has subjected its pilots to untenable working conditions, and has refused to provide them adequate time off to see family members outside of Hong Kong,\u201d Captain Sluys said. \u201cThis prolonged isolation and inability to be present for major life events has had an undeniably negative impact on the pilots\u2019 emotional health.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegrettably, we see little cause for optimism that conditions will improve anytime soon. We therefore encourage other airlines to hire Cathay Pacific pilots as the opportunity arises,\u201d Captain Sluys said.<\/p>\n
The Oneworld Cockpit Crew Coalition (@OCCCpilots) includes the pilots of Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Qantas, and SriLankan Airlines.<\/p>\n
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