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“We are ready to accept the same conditions that apply to Lufthansa pilots. The means of production are the same,” said the president of SPAC, Alfredo Mendonça, at a press conference in Lisbon.
The German laid off roughly 20% of workers and cut wages by 45% for pilots and 25% for the rest.
Recalling that TAP “means a lot to Portugal”, the president of SPAC stressed that it is necessary to know if the company is willing to “negotiate”, that is, to change the measures aimed at reducing spending, an objective that he says is “possible to achieve “. At the meeting, scheduled for today, at 4:30 p.m., with the TAP administration, the union will defend, “to the maximum, the minimization of the firings of the pilots,” he guaranteed.
In the case of SPAC, the reduction of expenses can be achieved, for example, by reducing the number of higher category pilots, that is, with early retirements, with a reduction in working time or by resorting to unpaid leave.
Asked about what the next steps would be, if the union did not see its demands met, the president of the structure refused to anticipate what forms of struggle will be on the table, emphasizing only that the decision corresponds to the pilots and therefore Therefore, these should be heard first.
The government presented to the European Commission (EC) the initial proposal for the TAP restructuring plan, which foresees state aid of 970 million euros for next year, the executive announced.
According to a joint communiqué from the Ministries of Infrastructure and Housing and Finance, “it was delivered today [quinta-feira] to the European Commission an initial proposal for the TAP restructuring plan, under the European Directive that regulates state aid ”.
The Government estimates that TAP will be able to start paying back state aid in 2025, but until then it may have to receive a value of more than 3.7 billion euros, according to the Minister of Infrastructure.
SPAC and the National Union of Civil Aviation Flight Personnel (SNPVAC) asked the Government to negotiate with Brussels the postponement of the presentation of the TAP restructuring plan, denouncing that it is based on “completely outdated” market forecasts.
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