Please find below an update concerning
- HKG layovers and COVID restrictions
- A Farewell to Captain Alain Rodenbour
HKG layovers and COVID restrictions
On 14 September 2022 Pilot Representatives met again with the CEO and VP Flight Operations to discuss the HKG layovers.
In this meeting we outlined again the necessity to better manage the distribution of HGK layovers within the pilot community and to make those more bearable by ensuring that the layover time is kept at a bare minimum. Additionally, we also asked Management to reconsider their attitude towards implementing an incentive for in-room confinement like some other carriers already did on a voluntary basis, but so far without any positive outcome.
Since unsustainable layover conditions such as in-room confinement cannot be tolerated as part of our job as pilots, “operational hardships” with enforceable limitations and adequate compensation are part of the Union´s claims list in the current CWA negotiations.
Furthermore, we discussed the possibility to recommence normal layovers for vaccinated crews in GYD. In the latest CPO update, published on 02 October 2022, the requirements and implementation in this context have been communicated to the pilots and we welcome this move. We would also like to ask you to communicate your vaccination status to OHS to make sure you can benefit from it.
Besides, knowledge of the vaccination status of the vast majority of Cargolux pilots would enable the company to reintroduce normal layovers again at other destinations like SIN, to the benefit of us all and without any significant risks.
A Farewell to Captain Alain Rodenbour
On 12 September 2022 Alain Rodenbour returned from his last flight before retiring after a long airline career. Alain joined Cargolux in 1990 and became a member of our Association in the same year. In 2001 he was elected as a member of the Cargolux Divisional Board and served as the Board’s President from 2001 to 2004.
The Cargolux Divisional Board and the ALPL Executive Board presented Alain on this occasion with a certificate of appreciation expressing their sincere appreciation for his dedicated services as President of the Cargolux Divisional Board and his enduring support and commitment to the Association. We wish Alain all the best for his retirement!
