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Old 4th April 2008, 07:09 AM
Mike Scott Mike Scott is offline
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Angry China pilots to be punished for industrial action

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China's aviation watchdog has vowed to punish pilots engaged in rare industrial action that allegedly included refusing to land planes, state press said Wednesday.

In a meeting on Tuesday, the Civil Aviation Administration of China vowed to strip pilots of their licenses for refusing to land their planes on schedule, the Beijing News reported.

According to the paper, pilots flying 18 China Eastern Airlines routes refused to land due to bad weather and returned to their point of departure during regional flights in southwestern China's Yunnan province on Monday.

Other airlines flew the same routes that day and all landed safely, the paper said.

The "strike action" came after an open letter to the airline calling for better treatment had been circulated among pilots belonging to the Yunnan flight branch of the airline, it said.

It also came after 40 pilots for Shanghai Airlines called in sick at the same time on March 14 and 11 pilots of East Star Air disputed working conditions with their company on March 28 causing long delays out of the central China city of Wuhan, it said.

China's aviation authority was not immediately available to confirm the its statement or the reported strike actions.

The Beijing News quoted a China Eastern Airlines official as insisting that the Monday flight returns were due to routine safety concerns.

Other Chinese press reports have said that domestic pilots are clamouring for better pay after pilot shortages in China have led airlines to hire foreign pilots who are paid much higher salaries.

Strike actions are very rare in China, where union activity is strictly controlled by the ruling Communist Party.

Employees in any industry are only allowed to belong to the ruling Communist Party-controlled All China Federation of Trade Unions.
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China better be very careful here. ALPA and IALPA may institute a ban on flying to chinese city's (just in time for the olympics) I would have to endorse/support that action.
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Old 4th April 2008, 09:38 AM
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I cannot understand in this day and age how communism can still be accepted by the rest of the world. These poor people are basically gagged and trapped no matter how badly they are treated and punished for demanding better working conditions which I am sure pilots in other countries get.
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Old 4th April 2008, 09:47 AM
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engaged in rare industrial action that allegedly included refusing to land planes
Well, I admire their plight, but that tactic is only effective while there's fuel in the tanks!
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Old 4th April 2008, 11:49 AM
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Certainly the pilots can express their concerns/voice out using different channels, since this has been the wide spread phonomenon within China's aviation industry, but not putting those consequences to the poor passengers.

The punishment is believed to be more towards the pilots who refused to land the planes and returned to their original port, Kunming which resulted chaotic disruption to the airport.

The problem on the pilot shortage (more aircraft to come in the next several years plus need to lure pilots from EK/EY etc) will last, and this was related to the fast growing economy, bad planning (knowledge on the planning people/decison makers) and others, the result chained issues.

Imagine if this happens in Australia or USA, 18 flights took off then return, how the media will react to this, how about the public's voice?
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