Singapore Airlines pilots approve bigger pay cuts

SINGAPORE, KOMPAS.com – For pilot airlines Singapore Airlines agree payroll deductions bigger in order to keep his job.

Reporting from Bloomberg, Sunday (9/20/2020), this was disclosed by Singapore Airlines on Saturday (19/9/2020).

Singapore Airlines and Associations Pilot Singapore airlines had reached an agreement the day before.

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Singapore Airlines will also implement the new salary levels for Singapore Airlines and Silk Air pilots as of 1 October 2020.

Singapore Airlines said the pay-cut agreement would help minimize the risk of layoffs or PHK for pilots.

Under the agreement, according to the Straits Times, the salaries of the pilot captain and first officer were cut 60 percent and 50 percent, respectively. This includes a 10 percent deduction for the variable component of the monthly salary.

Earlier this month, Singapore Airlines announced a 20 percent cut, or about 4,300 employees, Silk Air and Scoot, in an effort to survive amid a sluggish international airline business.

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The airline applies for leave out of pay, as well as pilots and non-flying cabin crew who do not receive flight benefits.

Initially, Singapore Airlines was reluctant to apply Employee layoffs. As a result, a number of employees were transferred to jobs in hospitals, public services and the transportation network in Singapore.

In August 2020, Singapore Airlines was only running flights with 8 percent passenger capacity. Last month, the airline only carried 40,000 passengers, compared with 3.3 million in the same period the previous year.

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