Much unthinkable happened in 2020. There is a climax at the end. The good Swiss taxpayers secure the high-paid Swiss pilots with their Aeropers union their top wages.
The airline has just confirmed compared to 20 minutesthat they would increase the short-time work allowance for their pilots.
The measure is perverse. The Aeropers pilots earn a lot of money. They have now been off for months – and receive a good CHF 12,000 in short-time work from the state.
A proud amount for doing nothing. But the Aeropers, arguably the strongest union in the country, wanted more. The Swiss management gives a few thousand on top – from the pot of Bern.
We are talking about the 1.5 billion loan that Swiss received from the banks in the spring. They only spoke the money because the Federal Council guaranteed the amount.
In other words: the taxpayer stands for Swiss. If he didn’t, the banks would never have granted the airline so much liquid at a low interest rate.
The airline can live in luxury with it. According to her Swiss President, she has not even used up a third of the loan.
“The liquidity will remain sufficient for the time being,” said Reto Francioni, who also said on the UBS Board of Directors sits, opposite the NZZ. “We are grateful that the federal government has issued the guarantee and is behind us.”
Clear. And now Francioni and his colleagues at the top of Swiss are throwing the citizens’ money down the throats of the captains of the air.
They live in the best of all worlds – virus, grounding 2.0, standstill or not.
In addition to being indemnified when trying to figure out what to do, there is a proper retirement at 61, 4 years earlier than for the average consumer.
After that, many Swiss kings rush to Dubai or China to continue their careers with the airlines there.
Maximization to the point of no longer possible: Top pension from Swiss and wages from the new employer – Aeropers makes it possible.
The pilots union has the Swiss in fact on the winding. It determines who wins or loses.
That emerges from the responses of a Swiss spokeswoman in autumn.
“Our goal of getting through the crisis with as many employees on board as possible is only possible if substantial personnel costs are reduced in all areas of the company,” said the Swiss woman when asked when the pilots can retire.
“That is why we are currently thinking about extended part-time models and flexible early retirement options, including for cockpit staff.”
“We are currently thinking about why we cannot communicate any details at this point in time. This also takes into account the ongoing negotiations with Aeropers. “
In every “normal” company, the management has the belt to tighten. Not so with Swiss: The boardroom waits there until the aeropers pilots graciously sit down at the table.
It is a relic from the old Swissair era. The Aeropers captains form a bulwark like back when the national airline was a sacred cow.
The grounding 20 years ago with the end of Swissair did not change anything in the special setting for the cockpit people – even if their job is increasingly becoming bus driving.
In 2020 the chance came to grind the bulwark of Aeropers. The Federal Council missed it; once more.
Instead of forcing Swiss to reorganize with strict conditions, the Swiss government saved the airline with its gold-plated Aeropers pilots with a billion-dollar guarantee.
Meanwhile, Bern is turning small businessmen into beggars. Self-employed people who are self-employed receive a consolation allowance of over 3,000 francs a month.
Caviar in the cockpit, crumbs on the SME floor.
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