An injunction granted by the Industrial Court docket to Caribbean Airways Ltd (CAL) to order pilots to work after a sickout from August 18-20, has been prolonged to November.
On August 21 at 1 am, CAL was granted an injunction by the Industrial Court docket and the pilot’s union, the Trinidad and Tobago Pilots Affiliation (TTALPA) was instructed to direct staff/workers to right away report back to responsibility.
The injunction was in pressure till September 28.
At a information convention on August 24, CAL’s chief government Garvin Medera stated the injunction was to place a cease to the inconvenience which the airline confronted.
The Guardian understands that the Legal professional Normal’s workplace has now joined the matter and, consequently, the injunction has been prolonged till November 10.
Dionne Ligoure, head of Communications at CAL, yesterday made clear that the extension of the injunction was not as a consequence of any motion on the a part of the airline.
For the interval August 18-20, 93 pilots at CAL referred to as in sick which prompted 60 flights to be cancelled and price the corporate an estimated $15 million.
For its half, the pilots’ union has maintained that no industrial motion occurred.
In the meantime, TTALPA has written to Francis Regis, the director normal of the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), looking for his steerage on take care of pilots who name in sick now that the courtroom has decided that the sickout amounted to industrial motion.
The letter stated whereas TTALPA has complied with the injunction, it was deeply involved for the potential affect to the security of CAL’s operation and wished to make sure there isn’t any confusion for pilots.
On the information convention, Medera stated the corporate was on a path to profitability after being in survival mode through the COVID interval, with a view to publishing monetary statements by early 2024, however the sickout motion price it tens of millions in losses and damage its status.
CAL is now checking out compensation for its prospects for the interval.
This all occurred as a result of CAL and TTALPA are in disagreement over pilots’ new compensation packages. TTALPA represents 200 of CAL’s 217 pilots.
Guardian Media has reported that the airline’s supply of a 7.5 per cent pay increase- 0 per cent, 2.5 per cent, 2.5 per cent, 2.5 per cent and 0 per cent, for the interval 2015-2020, coupled with a shift from a month-to-month to an hourly fee system, was being resisted by the pilots.
In flip, TTALPA’s counter-proposal is 10 per cent, comprising 0 per cent, 3 per cent, 3 per cent, 3 per cent and 1 per cent for the interval 2015 to 2020.
CAL has additionally proposed to transition pilots from a month-to-month wage system to an hourly price fee construction throughout all fleets, coupled with a discount within the minimal work assure from 75 to 60 hours with extra time charges utilized after 75 hours.
TTALPA made a decreased counteroffer of 0 per cent, 3 per cent, 3 per cent, 3 per cent and 1 per cent to CAL.
