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Difference of opinion: PIA pilots’ physique divided over privatisation
- Updated: January 30, 2017
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KARACHI: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) is again divided over a emanate of privatisation, as a inaugurated boss of Pakistan Air Line Pilots’ Association (PALPA) has voiced support for a sell-off process, while other members remained fiercely opposite to any such move.
The organisation is in foster of “transparent privatisation of PIA,” PALPA-President, Captain Khalid Hamza pronounced during a press discussion on Monday.
However, clamp president, ubiquitous secretary and about half-a-dozen members benefaction on a arise took a sure position during a conference, observant that they are totally opposite a privatisation.
The boss and other members of PALPA remained organisation on their stances compartment a discussion ended.
Later on, Hamza pronounced he gave a matter in his private capacity.
Association warns PIA
The organisation has warned PIA that if a airlines’ house of directors destroy to approve a issues per salaries – as concluded on – in a subsequent scheduled assembly on Feb 16, afterwards they would have to cruise other options to understanding with a management.
They, however, denied disclosing a accessible options with them during this indicate of time. “We would counsel on a options during a annual ubiquitous physique assembly scheduled for Feb 25,” Hamza said.
“We do not wish to repairs a airlines… whatever we will do will not mistreat a airlines,” he said, serve adding, “Grounding a planes [wheel jam strike] is not among a options.”
PALPA has many times adopted a ‘go slow’ strategy, that resulted in loitering moody operations that infrequently compelled a government to postpone and/or cancel flights on domestic and general routes.
A member of a association, vocalization on a sidelines of a conference, positive that they would not occupy a ‘go slow’ choice this time.
He pronounced that their direct to a house of directors is not to boost their salaries, though that concluded salaries are paid on time.
For a final 4 months, a government is deducting about 20% salaries of pilots, he said. Moreover, they are profitable salaries in dual instalments each month. “This use should be corrected,” he said.
PIA profitable unreasonable rent
PALPA also criticised a PIA government for appropriation new aircraft during unreasonable rates and that too along with atmosphere staff.
“PIA is profitable a sum of $8,100 per hour for a A-300 it acquired from SriLankan Airlines final year,” Hamza said.
This is of a same (make and model) aircraft that PIA has acquired during a lease of $5,400 per hour from Air Asia Airlines earlier. Both aircraft are finished in 2014-2015.
The craft from SriLankan Airlines is handling during a detriment to a UK.
The craft was acquired with atmosphere staff on a condition that it would later-on be operated by PIA staff.
“PIA staff has been lerned for a aircraft. However, they are still watchful to take over a plane’s control,” he said.
Similarly, PIA has taken an aircraft (737-800) during a lease of $2,500 per hour from Pegasus of a Turkish Airlines with a condition of handling for a smallest of 10 hours a day.
The craft has transposed a operative A310. However, a 737 can't fly to Barcelona and China like A310 does, Hamza added.
Lost routes
PIA has mislaid 498 flights a week to cove careers on domestic routes. “The routes embody Faisalabad, Multan, Sialkot, Peshawar, Rahim Yar Khan and Quetta,” he said.
“The common thing in mislaid business on domestic routes is that ground-handing for all those cove airlines is finished by a singular company.”
Published in The Express Tribune, Jan 31st, 2017.
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