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Monday, 16 May 2016

EgyptAir raises pilot salaries 10-20% in effort to end copilots’ work-to-rule campaign.

EgyptAir has apparently resolved the issues it was having with copilots, resuming flights on Sunday after four days of persistent delays, DNE reports. “The airline decided to increase salaries by 10% to 12% as of July” said Khaled Rifaat, former Pilots Syndicate chief, in a televised statement on Saturday. Several meetings were held between the airline’s board and the Pilots Syndicate to come to an agreement after around 20 EgyptAir Boeing flights were delayed as a result of pressure from copilots demanding pay rates agreed upon in their contracts, we reported yesterday. “The salaries in EgyptAir, compared to other private and international companies, are very low,” an unnamed pilot told DNE.

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