May 21 2012
Air France: departure plan for
At Air France, social negotiations enter the heart of the matter. Thursday, at a central works council, the CEO of the company, Alexander Juniac, will unveil its industrial plan for the next three years. Air France, a lot of competitiveness, will not give any activity, but all will be involved in the effort. The low-cost group, Transavia, should be expanded and take some leisure destinations of Air France. The long haul should seek to cut costs – especially in economy class – and improve its services "business." The cargo should reduce the number of devices that are fully dedicated. Maintenance costs and reduce its rates to remain competitive
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Overall objective on which management and unions agreed last March: lower costs by 20%, excluding fuel. "There are in the business awareness on the situation of the company, confided mid-April the President of the Air France KLM, Jean-Cyril Spinetta. This is no longer debate. Everyone understands the need to act. "For Air France employees, it will mean two things: an increase of working time – key point of the renegotiation of all enterprise agreements – but also job cuts.
On this last point is highly sensitive, time calculations has officially not yet come. The company officials are sticking to the schedule already announced: it's the end of June they will detail the steps taken to refine the silhouette of a sustainable business. Reportedly, the total job cuts expected to reach 5,000 jobs by 2015, without layoffs.
Measures open for the first time pilots
Air France account first, as in the past, the attrition of employees not replaced to trim down. Each year, 800 people leave the company. Their failure to replace three consecutive years will result in 2,400 fewer positions.
In addition, a voluntary separation plan to double the number of cuts to achieve end to 5000 jobs. The pace will be accelerated significantly payday loans for bad credit. Past three years, Air France has quietly defatted its workforce of 4,000 positions, including 1,800 voluntary redundancies as part already, a plan launched in 2009.
But this time, Air France will go further: the separation plan will be open to all categories of staff: hostesses and stewards, ground staff and … drivers. A first.
In 4000 Air France pilots, we should indeed find candidates initially. Since the age of retirement has been pushed back 65 years later, the age group over 55, or 590 people, could find an interest to receive an incentive that would allow them to leave the company earlier .
"Pilots who work for twenty-five to thirty years in the business could benefit from the maximum bonus," said a company pilot. According to figures from Air France, at least 500 pilots over twenty-five years of seniority at the counter. The French pilots who see their colleagues KLM to retire at age 57 and those of British Airways to 54 say they are such a measure would repair an injustice.
As for other staff, several trade unions, as Unac, majority among hostesses and stewards (PNC), have put their requirements last week.
"If, despite the alternatives of preserving jobs, negotiations on the restructuring of Air France" transform15 ", led the company to make a collective redundancy plan affecting PNC, then we would negotiate an alternative to the criteria of a dismissals under the Labour Code with priority call for volunteers and incentive fees at the start, "said Frank Mikula of Unac.
"We can not afford to keep people made redundant, an executive summary of the Air France-KLM. Better to pay them not to keep. We will calibrate the plan to get a return on investment after two years. "
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