Pilots represented by the British Airline Pilots Affiliation (Balpa) at British Airways are to be balloted on a new restructuring and redundancy settlement.
The offer has been reached soon after three months of negotiations.
British Airways had proposed to make up to 1,255 pilots redundant, whilst switching the conditions and circumstances of those that remain in response to a vacation downturn next the Covid-19 pandemic.
The new Balpa deal includes pilots taking up some element-time functioning, severance and external secondments.
There will also be a pool of three hundred pilots employed on lowered pay prepared to return to flying if need picks up.
The steps are funded by pilot pay cuts setting up at 20 for each cent, lessening to eight for each cent above the up coming two decades, then additional lessening towards zero above the more time term.
Below the conditions of the offer, some 270 pilots will still be produced redundant.
Balpa is recommending its four,three hundred pilot members at British Airways accept these proposals as the “best that can be achieved” in the conditions.
Brian Strutton, Balpa typical secretary, explained: “It is vastly disappointing that all through our in depth negotiations British Airways would not accept the complete deal of mitigations we put ahead which would have averted any task losses at all, and at no price to the airline.
“As a consequence there will be some obligatory redundancies amongst the pilot community and that is a subject of substantial regret.”
The ballot of BA pilots will near up coming Thursday.
Stephen Gunning, main financial officer with British Airways-proprietor International Airlines Group, explained: “International Airlines Group welcomed an announcement by British Airways’ pilots’ union Balpa that it intends to hold a consultative ballot of its members in relation to the proposed restructuring and redundancy settlement reached among the union and the airline.
“This is in response to the Covid-19 disaster affecting the aviation market.”