EASYJET closes its battle with cabin crew however opens one other with its pilots.

The pilots’ union SEPLA has known as a strike motion for 9 days in August to demand higher working circumstances for Spain-based pilots at easyJet.

The strike was introduced by the pilots’ union on Friday and goals to re-establish pilots’ working circumstances from earlier than the covid-19 pandemic and supply its pilots with a brand new multi-year contract deal.

The strikes on the British low-cost airline are to happen for 3 durations of 72 hours every, with stoppages on August 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28 and 29.

The low-cost service has stated it was conscious of an upcoming pilot strike at its bases in Barcelona, Malaga and Palma in Mallorca including in a press release that the corporate was ‘upset’ with the motion at this ‘crucial time for the business.’ Including that negotiations with SEPLA have been ongoing.

In accordance with SEPLA the variety of flights is similar to what it was two years in the past, subsequently the pilot’s working circumstances ought to be re-established accordingly.

The union insists that the pilots of their day “accepted all these labour sacrifices not solely to maintain their jobs through the worst months of the covid-19 pandemic, but additionally to make sure the very survival of the corporate in Spain”.

“The circumstances of Spanish pilots have all the time been worse than the remaining” SEPLA added.

The pilots’ strike comes after the stoppages that easyJet cabin crew (TCP) have been holding in latest weeks, known as by the Union Sindical Obrera (USO) after reaching a take care of the airline that features larger salaries.

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