The Cathay Pacific Airline Flight Attendant Union is dissatisfied with the employer's staffing arrangement, and has repeatedly expressed demands to the employer to improve staffing, increase labor, and improve salaries, and plans to hold a public meeting outside Cathay Pacific City on Wednesday (18th).
The union announced again on social platforms tonight (16th) that it will launch the "Work-To-Rule" campaign on the 28th (19th) of this four-year period.
The police replied and confirmed that they had received an application from a group on the 11th of this month and were processing the notification.
In the evening response, Cathay Pacific did not directly respond to the union’s plan to hold a public meeting. It only stated that it guarantees that the flight service will continue to operate as usual, and that it is confident that the cabin crew will remain professional and stick to their jobs.
Cathay Pacific also pointed out that it has been communicating directly with the cabin crew, and will continue to listen to their feedback and respond positively. Among them, the editorial arrangement has been adjusted, and it promises to try its best to continue to improve the relevant arrangements.
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The union posted on FB tonight: Many issues failed to reach a consensus
The Cathay Pacific flight attendant union announced on social platforms that the union will hold a public rally in the open space and parking lot near Niki aircraft in Cathay City on Wednesday from 2 to 6 pm, with the theme of "protecting labor rights". Participants can wear white tops , hoping to attract public attention and support, so that the management will face up to and respond positively to the demands of employees.
At around 9:00 tonight (16th), the union posted on the social platform that it regrets to inform members that the management cannot meet tomorrow (17th) at the request of the union.
The union pointed out that many issues had been discussed with the management last year, but no consensus was reached. It officially announced that the "Work-To-Rule" action will start from this Thursday.
The trade union also reminded that flight safety is the first principle, even if it works according to the rules, it has not changed.
Police: Received a group application on the 11th of this month
The police replied and confirmed that they had received an application from a group on the 11th of this month and were processing the notification.
The police continued to point out that an independent risk assessment will be made when handling each public event notification.
▼On December 30, 2022, the Cathay Pacific flight attendant union held a press conference▼
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Cathay Pacific: There are many adjustments to the duty schedule in February
Cathay Pacific did not respond to the union's plan to hold a public meeting. It only said that it guarantees that flight services will continue to operate as usual, and that it is confident that the cabin crew will remain professional and stick to their jobs.
Cathay Pacific continued to communicate directly with the cabin crew, and will continue to listen to their feedback and respond positively, and said that most of the high-profile scheduling arrangements have been resolved in the January duty schedule, and in January The adjustments made will continue to take effect until February and subsequent months.
Cathay Pacific attached reference materials in its reply, pointing out that there are many adjustments to the duty schedule in February, including a more even distribution of outstation stays and a day-to-day round-trip duty mode for cabin crew, and avoiding the arrangement of too dense duty flights. The frequency of medium and long-distance flights has increased, and the arrangement of duty patterns will continue to be improved. For example, on Indian flights, the duty pattern of staying at outstations will be increased, and the pattern of day trips will be reduced.
Cathay Pacific said that it believes that with the increase in flight frequency, the arrangement of overnight stays at outstations will gradually improve, and the temporary measures of adding additional cabin crew to duty on certain flights will also be adjusted in due course.
Cathay Pacific also explained that due to various constraints in the process of returning to normal, it is difficult to perfect the schedule of duty shift immediately, but promises to continue to improve as much as possible, and has established a duty shift working group. Employees are welcome to provide feedback and suggestions, or join the group.
▼On October 7, Cathay Pacific held the first job fair for cabin crew after the epidemic▼
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Cathay Pacific says flight attendant pay will rise with capacity
As for the remuneration package, Cathay Pacific said it will review it regularly, and in 2023, it has also increased the salary of all eligible employees by 3.3% and distributed an ex gratia payment equivalent to one month's salary.
Cathay Pacific also stated that the basic salary is only a part of the salary of the cabin crew. It is believed that as the capacity increases, the salary will also increase.
Since July 2022, Cathay Pacific has recruited more than 1,800 new employees, which we believe proves that our salary package is very competitive.
Cathay Pacific also believes that it has deployed a cabin operation model suitable for Cathay Pacific Airways, taking into account factors such as regulatory requirements, service positioning, technical standards, and performance management systems. The number of cabin attendants providing services in each cabin has not changed, and there are sufficient manpower Provide services.
The Cathay Pacific flight attendant union plans to hold a rally on Wednesday to fight for hospitality. The police has not yet issued a notice of no objection. fight for due treatment
