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Martinair fortunes appear bleak as options narrow for pilots and staff
MARTINAIR pilots are unlikely to earn what they do today if they are re-assigned to Transavia as planned, the Dutch press has reported.
Since KLM's decision in September to phase out six freighters operated by Martinair, some 400 jobs at the carrier are thought to be at risk, reports London's Loadstar.
Union leaders told the Dutch press that they "fought like lions" to get Martinair staff onto a KLM contract, but were unsuccessful. Martinair's profitable maintenance operation is already being spun off, a move which, say unions, would allow it to be sold separately.
KLM is looking to cut back further. At the end of November, new CEO Pieter Elbers told staff to suggest ways of shaving EUR700 million (US$858.5 million) off costs over the next five years, to pay for fleet investments.
No decision on job cuts has yet been taken, according to a KLM spokesman, but talks with five unions will take place this month. The staff meeting was called "to underline a sense of urgency," said the spokesman.
Since KLM's decision in September to phase out six freighters operated by Martinair, some 400 jobs at the carrier are thought to be at risk, reports London's Loadstar.
Union leaders told the Dutch press that they "fought like lions" to get Martinair staff onto a KLM contract, but were unsuccessful. Martinair's profitable maintenance operation is already being spun off, a move which, say unions, would allow it to be sold separately.
KLM is looking to cut back further. At the end of November, new CEO Pieter Elbers told staff to suggest ways of shaving EUR700 million (US$858.5 million) off costs over the next five years, to pay for fleet investments.
No decision on job cuts has yet been taken, according to a KLM spokesman, but talks with five unions will take place this month. The staff meeting was called "to underline a sense of urgency," said the spokesman.
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