The Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA) on Wednesday said that it wants Kenya Airways to stop the ongoing job cuts programme which targets 600 employees,arguing that it is unfair. The Union also said that KQ’s partnership KLM has been favourable to the Dutch and it wants the partnership terminated.
Kenya Airways this week set aside Sh1.5 billion for the staff rationalization program and the repayment of the 80 laid off staff will kick off this week as part of the exit procedure in its first phase of the Restructuring.
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The National carrier has been reducing its fleet, selling land and cutting jobs to recover from losses caused by a slump in tourism and the cost of renewing its planes. The pilots grounded dozens of flights on April 28 when they went on strike demanding the removal of some senior executives of the airline.
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Kenya Airways’ head of human resources, flight operations director and head of safety left their positions after the strike, allowing KALPA to halt the walkout after a day.
Source; Reuters, Kenyan Wall Street.
