Oneworld cockpit crew coalition voices strong support for Mexicana pilots
05-Aug-2010 The Oneworld Cockpit Crew Coalition (OCCC) issued the following statement today regarding Mexicana’s bankruptcy protection filing and reports that the airline is seeking to significantly cut its pilots’ salaries:
"The OCCC stands ready to assist ASPA in defending its members against any opportunistic attack on their collective bargaining agreement."
"Mexicana is a respected international airline and a key member of the oneworld Alliance. To safeguard Mexicana's future and protect its employees' livelihoods, we urge management to focus on working together with the unions representing Mexicana's loyal employees ─ including the Asociacion Sindical de Pilotos Aviadores de Mexico (ASPA) ─ to resolve the airline's difficulties. Success cannot be achieved by blaming pilots and other employee groups. The OCCC believes the best solution is one that is collaboratively achieved by the affected parties.
"The OCCC stands ready to assist ASPA in defending its members against any opportunistic attack on their collective bargaining agreement."
That is the full text of the statement.
The OCCC member unions include Australian & International Pilots Association (Qantas); Allied Pilots Association (American Airlines); Asociación Sindical de Pilotos Aviadores de Mexico (Mexicana); British Air Line Pilots Association (British Airways); Japan Airlines Captain Association, Japan Airlines Senior Engineer Union, Japan Airlines Flightcrew Union (Japan Airlines); Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association (Cathay Pacific Airways); Hungarian Air Line Pilots Association (Malev); Irish Air Line Pilots Association (Aer Lingus); Sindicato Español de Pilotos de Líneas Aéreas (Iberia); Finnish Air Line Pilots' Association (Finnair); Sindicato de Pilotos LAN / LAN Pilot's Union (LAN Airlines); and Sindicato de Pilotos LANExpress (LAN Express). In all, the OCCC member unions represent a total of more than 28,000 pilots.