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  • China Eastern suspends pilots over striking for better pay and conditions

    10:30 03 July 2008Labour relations Airport Results Incidents

    <P><A href="http://www.chinaeastern.co.uk/planes.html">China&nbsp;Eastern Airlines</A> has suspended or demoted several of its pilots for taking part in a rare flash strike that took place three months ago.</P> <P>The official Xinhua news agency says the Shanghai-based carrier yesterday suspended or demoted 13 pilots over the incidents. </P> <P>It says the suspensions will be for up to two years, adding that two management officials and four other employees were “sacked for mismanagement”, while two others were reprimanded.</P> <P>Over 31 March and 1 April 21 China Eastern aircraft operating domestic passenger flights returned to their departure airports after takeoff, many of them as a protest by pilots for better pay and working conditions. </P> <P>The CAAC fined the airline 1.5 million yuan ($217,000) for the disruptions, which were out of China Eastern’s Yunnan branch.</P> <P>Source: flightglobal.com's sister premium news site <A href="http://www.rati.com">Air&nbsp;Transport Inte


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  • China Eastern suspends pilots over striking for better pay and conditions

    News | 03 Jul 2008 10:30 | Nicholas Ionides

    <P><A href="http://www.chinaeastern.co.uk/planes.html">China&nbsp;Eastern Airlines</A> has suspended or demoted several of its pilots for taking part in a rare flash strike that took place three months ago.</P> <P>The official Xinhua news agency says the Shanghai-based carrier yesterday suspended or demoted 13 pilots over the incidents. </P> <P>It says the suspensions will be for up to two years, adding that two management officials and four other employees were “sacked for mismanagement”, while two others were reprimanded.</P> <P>Over 31 March and 1 April 21 China Eastern aircraft operating domestic passenger flights returned to their departure airports after takeoff, many of them as a protest by pilots for better pay and working conditions. </P> <P>The CAAC fined the airline 1.5 million yuan ($217,000) for the disruptions, which were out of China Eastern’s Yunnan branch.</P> <P>Source: flightglobal.com's sister premium news site <A href="http://www.rati.com">Air&nbsp;Transport Intehttp://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/China-Eastern-suspends-pilots-over-striking-for-better-pay-and-conditions-225049/

  • China Eastern suspends pilots over flash strike

    News | 03 Jul 2008 01:28 | Nicholas Ionides

    <body lang=EN-GB style='tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal>China Eastern Airlines has suspended or demoted several of its pilots for taking part in a rare flash strike that took place three months ago.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>The official Xinhua news agency says the Shanghai-based carrier yesterday suspended or demoted 13 pilots over the incidents. It says the suspensions will be for up to two years, adding that two management officials and four other employees were “sacked for mismanagement”, while two others were reprimanded.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>Over 31 March and 1 April 21 China Eastern aircraft operating domestic passenger flights returned to their departure airports after takeoff, many of them as a protest by pilots for better pay and working conditions. The CAAC fined the airline 1.5 million yuan ($217,000) for the disruptions, which were out of China Eastern’s Yunnan branch.</p> </div> </body>http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/China-Eastern-suspends-pilots-over-flash-strike-313239/

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