Below you find the article as published in the current CWA. Further below we provide some comments and explanations for this article.
Like always it is the obligation of the company to follow these rules and a pilot is entitled to a roster reflecting these rules. If a pilot notices a non-compliance with the CWA it is his/her right that the roster will be changed to be fully compliant with the CWA.
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37.3 Crew Positioning Travel
37.3.1 All Crew Positioning flights will be booked ’Business Class’ or better unless agreed differently between the Company and the Pilot Representatives for specific routes, or unless ‘Business Class’ is not provided on a specific route. ‘Economy Class’ will be used on Luxair intra-European point-to-point flights. Other than USA ‘First Class’ domestic flights all other ‘First Class’ bookings will require approval by the Chief Pilot’s Office.
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All positioning flights on other airlines, except those operated by Luxair, shall be booked in “Business Class or better”. This means that it is the obligation of the company to provide “Business Class“ tickets if you are required to travel on behest of the company.
The article allows only for the following two exceptions:
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1. “Unless agreed differently between the Company and the Pilot Representatives for specific routes.”
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Presently the Pilot Representatives accept that only on routes operated by Luxair under LG flight numbers between Luxembourg (LUX) and any airport served by Luxair directly and vice versa that crew positioning travel may be booked in Economy Class. On all other routes it is the obligation of the company to book all positioning travel in “Business Class“.
Art. 5.3 of the CWA defines the Pilot Representatives. These comprise your ALPL Cargolux Divisional Board, whose members mostly also are Delegates in the Cargolux Delegation.
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2. “…or unless ‘Business Class’ is not provided on a specific route.”
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As long as one airline provides “Business Class“ on a route a pilot should position on, the pilot is entitled to position in “Business Class or better“. The pilot can refuse to fly in economy class if all business class seats are sold out on that specific day.
Tip: In this regard it is always a good idea to also check the flights on the internet and where applicable take a screen shot and advise Crew Control of the “Business Class” seats available.
Example: A pilot is scheduled to position from A to B. This route is served by several airlines, of which at least one offers “Business Class“. Crew control informs the pilot that all business class seats are sold out that day, in which case the pilot can refuse to fly in Economy and Crew Control will have to find a different solution.
