by magnolia_eic | Aug 18, 2010 | Headlines, National News
PAKYAS ang management sa Philippine Airlines kon PAL ug ang PAL Flight Attendants and Stewards Association kon FASAP sa pag resolba sa ilang kasungian tungod kay walay buot mopa bag-o sa ilang baruganan tali sa duha ka kampo.
Ang PAL nipahayag niadtong Martes nga ilang barugan ang ilang tanyag nga P80-milyones alang sa cabin crew union sa rason nga dili na sila makahatag pa og dugang tungod sa current financial difficulties.
Tungod niini, ang FASAP moduso sa ilang notice of strike sa mosunod nga duha ka semana.
Atol sa conciliation meeting nga gipahigayon sa National Conciliation and Mediation Board kon NCMB, ang PAL management ni insistir usab sa pag-limit sa ilang panaghisgot sa economic aspect sa collective bargaining agreement kon CBA agig pagsirado sa 2005-2010 CBA uban sa FASAP.
Ang kalihim sa Department of Labor and Employment nga si Rosalinda Baldoz ni ingon nga andam ang kagamhanan nga mopataliwala sa maong kasungian kon gikinahanglan. Apan matud pa ni Baldoz nga wala pa gikinahanglan ang pagsalmot sa kagamhanan ug malaumon siya nga ang duha ka partido makakab-ot ra og maayong kasabutan sa mosunod nga mga adlaw. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 7, 2010 | Headlines, National News
MALACAÑANG on Thursday said that the “worst is over” for the riding public affected by the ongoing dispute between the management and pilots of the Philippine Airlines and there’s no more need for government intervention in the problem.
Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said during a Malacanang press briefing that PAL management on its own will implement a modified flight schedule that will normalize operations
Lacierda said that PAL has committed to submit to the Civil Aeronautics Board a revised flight schedule for all routes, thus assuring flights for the riding public.
“This will normalize the operations under a used flight frequency. Apparently PAL has come up with the modified schedule so as not to prejudice to riding public,” Lacierda said.
On the concerns of the PAL pilots about what they felt was the indiscriminate transfer of pilots to PAL sister firm, Air Philippines, that reportedly was affecting their security of tenure, Lacierda said that PAL management has promised not to transfer A320 pilots to its sister company.
Lacierda also said that PAL shall undertake dialogue with the remaining pilots.
Lacierda said that the government will no longer take part in the dialogues as he believes that the management and the pilots can mutually resolve the issues by themselves.
He added that the foremost concern of the government was the exodus of the pilots, but since PAL has already promised to modify its flight schedules, the government need not interfere anymore.
by magnolia_eic | Aug 5, 2010 | Headlines, National News
Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda on Tuesday said Malacañang is aware that public interest is involved in the dispute between Philippine Airlines (PAL) and its pilots so that it has taken cognizance of the problem and ordered multi-agency mediation efforts.
Lacierda however clarified that the dispute is still at a point where it can be settled amicably without the need for laying out the basis of government intervention for reasons of national interest.
“Under the Labor Code, the secretary of labor can step into a particular controversy by way of national interest,” Lacierda said but stressed that the PAL-pilots’ row will be settled mutually.
In a Palace news briefing, Lacierda said the overriding concern of President Benigno S. Aquino III in ordering a meeting between PAL pilots and the management with facilitation by some Cabinet secretaries, is the interest of the riding public and some sectors of the economy who will be severely affected should the impasse continue.
President Aquino has ordered Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa and the secretaries of the Department of Transport and Communication (DOTC), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to meet today with PAL representatives to get to the bottom of the issue.
A number of PAL flights have been cancelled due to the dispute, which started when 25 pilots decided to move to higher paying jobs abroad. In the last two days alone, PAL had cancelled regional and domestic flights after 13 captains and 12 first officers resigned their posts to join Airlines abroad that offered more lucrative deals.
The President reminded both the management of PAL and the pilots who sought resignation that they have an obligation to the public. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Aug 2, 2010 | Headlines, National News
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III on Sunday ordered Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. and the heads of three other government agencies to look into the cancellation of 11 flights by the Philippine Air Lines last Friday after several of its pilots reportedly resigned from
their posts.
The Chief Executive said he had tasked the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC), Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE), Department of Justice (DoJ) as well as the Executive Secretary to get to the bottom of this issue.
“The Executive Secretary together with the Secretary of the DoTC (Department of Transportation and Communication) and at the minimum the DoLE (Department of Labor and Employment) Secretary and probably the DoJ Secretary also will be sitting down with the (Philippine Air Lines) management and Airline Pilot Association of the Philippines tomorrow,” the President said.
The President pointed out that the group will be conducting two separate meetings “to address the situation and provide everybody with solutions.”
The President reminded PAL and the pilots of their obligations to the flying public.
“PAL, for instance, has obligations when they secured the franchise to operate this public conveyance. The pilots also have obligations. This is of course being studied.
The President meanwhile seriously took note of the disruption caused to “our tourist and to other aspects of the economy that would need their services.”
“If this is not warranted, then, they lay themselves also open to appropriate charges. Hopefully, we will be able to come up with a resolution, so that the riding public is not inconvenienced and the economy does not suffer because of this,” he added. (PIA-Bohol)
