UK pilot union to talk to Virgin Atlantic, hopes to avoid more redundancies
LONDON, Sept 4- UK pilot union BALPA on Friday said it would hold discussions with Virgin Atlantic next week in the hope of avoiding any further pilot redundancies in light of the completion of its rescue deal. Virgin Atlantic is preparing to cut more than 1,000 jobs after seeing a slower-than-expected recovery in international demand for air travel, Sky News…
LONDON, Sept 4 (Reuters) – UK pilot union BALPA on Friday
said it would hold discussions with Virgin Atlantic next week in
the hope of avoiding any further pilot redundancies in light of
the completion of its rescue deal.
Virgin Atlantic is preparing to cut more than 1,000 jobsafter seeing a slower-than-expected recovery in internationaldemand for air travel, Sky News reported on Thursday, after acourt gave a go ahead to its restructuring plan earlier thisweek.
“Our reps are meeting with Virgin next week and I am hopefulthat we will find a way through to avoid any further pilotredundancies,” said Brian Strutton, BALPA General Secretary.
“Every single job lost to this crisis is a tragedy and weare doing everything we can to mitigate job losses across theboard.”(Reporting by Alistair Smout; editing by James Davey)
