April 23, 2024
Industrials
Korean Air’s pilot strike causes less damage
[THE INVESTOR] Unionized pilots of Korean Air, South Korea’s largest flag carrier, entered a 10-day strike on Dec. 21, but the company emphasized customer inconvenience will stay minimum.
On the first day of the walkout that will last until the end of the year, 18 out of 203 Korean Air flights, including four international flights, were canceled due to the walkout, the company said in a press release.
The four international flights cancelled included two to Japan’s Narita airport and one to Osaka.
Korean Air earlier said those who have already booked such flights will be allowed to change their flight schedule or get a full refund free of charge.
Throughout the 10-day strike ending Dec. 31, only 24 international flights, or 2 percent of the total 1,293 previously scheduled, will be canceled.
The domestic side might face a slightly more serious problem with 15 percent or over 111 round trips out of 741 scheduled set to be called off.
The first walkout by unionized Korean Air pilots in 11 years follows failed negotiations over a wage increase.
The workers are demanding a 34 percent pay raise, while the company refuses to budge from its offer of a 1.9 percent increase.
However, the unionized pilots have said their demand was rather symbolic, insisting their actual demand was to improve their working conditions, which, they claimed, will help enhance the overall safety of Korean Air flights.
There are said to be about 2,300 pilots working for Korean Air but less than 20 percent, or some 460, of them may take part in the strike under a 2010 revision to the aviation law that sought to ensure steady and safe operations of public transportation.
(theinvestor@heraldcorp.com)
On the first day of the walkout that will last until the end of the year, 18 out of 203 Korean Air flights, including four international flights, were canceled due to the walkout, the company said in a press release.
The four international flights cancelled included two to Japan’s Narita airport and one to Osaka.
Korean Air earlier said those who have already booked such flights will be allowed to change their flight schedule or get a full refund free of charge.
Throughout the 10-day strike ending Dec. 31, only 24 international flights, or 2 percent of the total 1,293 previously scheduled, will be canceled.
The domestic side might face a slightly more serious problem with 15 percent or over 111 round trips out of 741 scheduled set to be called off.
The first walkout by unionized Korean Air pilots in 11 years follows failed negotiations over a wage increase.
The workers are demanding a 34 percent pay raise, while the company refuses to budge from its offer of a 1.9 percent increase.
However, the unionized pilots have said their demand was rather symbolic, insisting their actual demand was to improve their working conditions, which, they claimed, will help enhance the overall safety of Korean Air flights.
There are said to be about 2,300 pilots working for Korean Air but less than 20 percent, or some 460, of them may take part in the strike under a 2010 revision to the aviation law that sought to ensure steady and safe operations of public transportation.
(theinvestor@heraldcorp.com)
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