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JUN 19, 2003 (newstodate): SWISS is seeing its situation further aggravated after an arbitration court rule on the issue of pilot redundancies.
-The court of arbitration has ruled that if there are too many pilots, jobs should be trimmed in proportion to the size of the two existing corps (ex-Swissair/ex-Crossair)in line with a 'zipper system'. This ruling will have serious consequences for SWISS, the airline says in a statement.
If being enforced, the airline will have to sack pilots regardless of which aircraft types are made redundant according to decisions on future airline strategy.
-The zipper system will cause substantial
additional costs and will rob SWISS of any possibility of executing the planned fleet reduction on the basis of economic criteria, or of fully exploiting the savings potential associated with the reduction, the troubled airline says.
-The court of arbitration has ruled that if there are too many pilots, jobs should be trimmed in proportion to the size of the two existing corps (ex-Swissair/ex-Crossair)in line with a 'zipper system'. This ruling will have serious consequences for SWISS, the airline says in a statement.
If being enforced, the airline will have to sack pilots regardless of which aircraft types are made redundant according to decisions on future airline strategy.
-The zipper system will cause substantial
additional costs and will rob SWISS of any possibility of executing the planned fleet reduction on the basis of economic criteria, or of fully exploiting the savings potential associated with the reduction, the troubled airline says.