As the pilots association announced in a statement Friday, 87.4 percent of Aeropers members accepted the new GAV. The collective bargaining agreement enters into force retroactively at the beginning of January.
“The road to the new GAV has been a rough one, but the contract accepted by Aeropers members today brings benefits for both parties,” wrote Aeropers President Clemens Kopetz. Long discussions had brought Switzerland to the brink of a pilot strike.
However, an agreement was reached after talks between Aeropers chairman and Swiss boss Dieter Vranckx on 24 October. Details of the GAV were then worked out and signed by mid-December.
According to the information prior to October, the most important improvements that the pilots and Switzerland agreed upon are: a 2.3 percent pay increase, a 2 percent cost of living adjustment, a change in the publication of the work plan for up to a week, and a residual plan after illness. no change.
“After agreeing on key figures, we took the time needed to work out the details to come up with clear formulas to have as little detailed discussion as possible about the interpretation of GAV 2023 in the coming years,” Kopetz said.
Some points would be delayed due to the lack of personnel and the necessary programming work. “Not all urgent problems have been satisfactorily resolved. For this reason, we will undertake various projects in cooperation with Swiss management in the coming years so that Swiss can offer sustainable and modern working conditions in the cockpit,” he said. “But we are happy that the times of contractual unrest and uncertainty are now over.”
Voting at the Pilots’ Association began on 14 December and ended with the counting of the votes on Friday.
(SDA)