The airline Icelandair has decided to terminate the contracts of all its flight attendants and its stewards. The pilots will replace them in the coming weeks.
It is a very surprising way of settling social conflicts. Icelandair has announced this week that it will lay off all cabin crew and that flight attendants and other stewards will be replaced by pilots. A decision made while the Icelandic national airline has been negotiating with the Icelandic Cabin Crew Association for months, details The Independant. At stake: trying to find new agreements in the face of the health crisis that has severely affected air transport.
Last June, the two sides had managed to reach an agreement for the next five years which implied an “increase in productivity and flexibility” of the personnel, affirms Icelandair. The carrier had already concluded similar agreements with the unions of pilots and engineers. But ten days ago, during a consultation, cabin crew refused to comply with such an agreement.
Faced with this situation, Icelandair explained that it was renouncing an “amicable conclusion” and decided to “put an end to the employment of its current cabin crew members and to end the working relationship between the parts”. The airline said it was “exploring other options regarding safety and service on board its planes.”
Covid-19"." data-reactid="23">Until a lasting solution is found, Icelandair replaced its cabin crew with its pilots. As of July 20, pilots aboard an aircraft that are not monopolized to guide the aircraft will have to ensure “safety on board”. The company thus warned its passengers affirming that “the minimum services will continue to be assured, as it is the case since the beginning of Covid-19”.
A situation that should only be temporary, the Icelandic national company now seeking to hire others
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