Most of our members take part in the campaign and there is no doubt about the impact on flight operations.
Those effects, which require extra efforts from every participant, also sometimes have inconvenient consequences for the pilots. Therefore, we’d like to express our appreciation for your support and the personal sacrifices! In the absence of any feedback from management it is important to keep up the necessary pressure and to continue to follow our guidelines.
Layovers in SGN
We received a report from a member, who decided to park an aircraft in SGN that the local ground staff provided wrong information concerning layovers in SGN to persuade the operating crew to continue. It is our position that the potential use of Commander´s Discretion is a crew decision only and an interference of ground staff in this respect is unacceptable.Knowingly providing wrong information to the crews to conveniently making them continue by applying Commander’s Discretion could be seen as a reportable safety concern.
Ultimately it turned out that crew layovers in context with COVID-19 in SGN are possible without any restrictions, additionally raising the question of how this fits into the picture of management´s communicated intention to reduce double sectors. If you are confronted with ground staff showing a similar behavior, please do your own research and contact the company or us to receive correct information.
Communication with crew control
It´s obvious that our campaign puts extra pressure on crew control and makes their work more difficult. When communicating with our colleagues from crew control, please stay professional and don`t engage in emotional discussions. Their sometimes-desperate actions are only a “symptom” and not the “disease” and it only proves the effect of the campaign.
We want to make clear that, despite the work pressure in crew control, any inappropriate comments, that could be understood as a threat, questioning the motivation of crew members or intimidating behavior are not tolerable and should be reported.
If you don`t agree with roster changes or you are exposed to such inadequate language or pressure, please send an email to cvboard@alpl.lu and provide us with the details. We will give you the necessary support.
False allegations
Despite the call for unity and solidarity we are aware that not all colleagues are following our guidelines all the time. We would like to urge those to reconsider their position, to join their fellow colleagues and to be united and solidary with them.
Sometimes it might also appear that a colleague is offering his/her flexibility to the company whereas it only was a roster change within the framework of the CWA and fully compliant with our guidelines. Thus, we would like to ask everyone to refrain from accusing colleagues based on rumors or uninformed grounds.
False allegations, or even worse, mobbing, will not result in increased support and unity but will result in the opposite.
Finally, we would like to thank all of you for your dedication and efforts! With the negotiations ahead, we must stay strong and united!
Thank you for your support!
