The reduction of the SATA aircraft fleet will lead to a reduction in staff, which will be made through reforms and non-renewal of fixed-term contracts, said today the president of the Board of Directors of the company.
Louis Parreirão spoke in committee of the Legislative Assembly of the Azores economy during the presentation to the Azorean Members of the “strategic development plan SATA” by 2020, which provides for reduction of aircraft fleets, renegotiation a debt of EUR 179 million and cuts in “fixed costs and structure.”
Since starting this year, the long-haul fleet and SATA will have less aircraft, according the document presented today, will have a “consequent reflection in the number of crews” without measure.
The administrator of the SATA Group told MEPs that “staff reductions [flight] is carried out by non-renewal of forward contracts, “triggering” reform anticipation mechanisms “or by” natural retirement “of current employees.
The SATA’s Board of Directors will meet next week with unions representing the company’s employees to present them with the strategic plan “and discuss constructively the solutions to implement within the defined objectives,” the document, Parreirão said.
“The main thing is we can achieve the objectives in dialogue with workers and in consultation with them, “he stressed.
As for the ground staff, is not already provided for” any relevant adjustment “, since the SATA will create a new company within the group to develop the ‘Business’ handling’ “at airports in the Azores, intending to take advantage of the entry of new companies on the market in the region, following the liberalization of some routes that connect the islands to the mainland.
The SATA assumes that will be the only provider of ‘handling’ services in the Azores, but if they enter new operators in the region or the so-called ‘low cost’ ensure “self-handling” you must “make adjustments in personnel” of land, said Luis Parreirão.
According to said the official, is the ‘handling’ working 30% of the “effective average” SATA, which in 2014 amounted to 1 386 employees.
In the paper presented today, the company notes that this year will trigger the “renegotiation and / or suspension of the Company Agreement”, with no further explanation.
As for the reduction of “fixed costs and structure” which does not include personnel expenses, the goal is to slow them down by 12.5%, said the administrator of SATA, revealing that in 2014 these expenses amounted to EUR 13 million.
To accomplish this, Grupo SATA goes, “in immediately “, create a” ‘task force’ internal ‘to develop a “restructuring program” that leads to the desired cut.
After the presentation to Members, Louis Parreirão gave a press conference in Ponta Delgada who said that “it would be premature” to quantify at this point reduction that will take place in the SATA in terms of human resources.
The president of the Azorean airline stated, however, that “of course, if the number of aircraft will be changed, will not be accurate the same people to operate them. ” Thus said to be needed half of the current crew of the long haul, ie 23, reiterating that the dismissal of collaborators not come to the dismissal.
Louis Parreirão added that the renegotiation of the collective agreement of the company with the unions, from Monday, Ponta Delgada, aims to give greater “flexibility” to the SATA group.
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