TAP pilots approved this Friday the airline’s new corporate agreement (AE) that eliminates pay cuts and “supports social peace,” the president of the Union of Civil Aviation Pilots (SPAC) told Lusa.
Thiago Faria Lopez said that at the company’s meeting this Friday, the pilots approved the new AE and 83.6% of those present voted in favor.
When asked about the main amendments to the AE, the SPAC president replied that the most important thing is “social peace”.
“This agreement was very difficult, it was actively negotiated,” he said, noting that “naturally, the reduction [salariais] will eventually cease to exist” and guarantees that “productivity will increase”.
“Pay is made according to productivity growth, it is natural,” he said, stressing that “TAP will no longer hire foreign and national companies from September, with the exception of Portugal, because it is part of the group.”
This will put an end to the ACMI service contracts (“aircraft crew maintenance insurance”) that the unions have been so critical of.
In this decision, Thiago Faria Lopez emphasized, there is “a very positive side of the image that cannot be quantified,” since “passengers who buy a TAP ticket fly on TAP, there is no doubt about that,” he said.
The new AE “applies only to unionized pilots and is effective five days after its publication in the Labor and Employment Bulletin, through December 31, 2026,” the SPAC said in a statement this Friday.
Similar to what has happened to other TAP workers, pilots have been hit by pay cuts negotiated due to the pandemic’s impact on the carrier’s operations.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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