Abasebenzi basebhanoyini abangu-13,000 beBritish Airways Plc bazovota esitelekeni ngesonto elizayo ngemuva kokubhidlika kwezingxoxo mayelana nabasebenzi. Imbangi yaseJalimane iDeutsche Lufthansa AG nayo ibhekene nokumiswa embangweni nabashayeli bezindiza abangu-4,500.
Izingxoxo neBritish Airways zaphela ngoJan. 15 kanti alukho usuku olumisiwe lokuqhubeka komhlangano, kusho inyunyana i-Unite, emele abasebenzi basemakhazeni, kusho namuhla. Ivoti langenyanga edlule lesiteleka ngoKhisimusi kwathiwa alivumelekile yinkantolo yase-UK.
I-BA kanye neLufthansa bafuna ukunciphisa izindleko ngemuva kokuwa komnotho emhlabeni wonke kubangele ukwehla kwezimoto. Abashayeli bezindiza benkampani yaseJalimane sebeqalile ukuvota lapho behamba ngezinyawo ngemva kokwehluleka ukuthola iziqinisekiso ezivimbela abasebenzi bezindiza ezingxenyeni zeqembu ze-BMI, i-Austrian Airlines kanye ne-Brussels Airlines ekusebenzeni kwenkampani yezindiza enkulu kanye nezinkampani zayo ezithwala impahla nezindleko eziphansi.
"Abaphathi babona lesi njengesikhathi esihle sokuphoqa isisekelo sezindleko eziphansi," kusho u-Andrew Lobbenberg, umhlaziyi weRoyal Bank of Scotland Group Plc ngezilinganiso "zokuthenga" kubathwali. “Kodwa izinhlangothi kumele zifinyelele ezivumelwaneni ezibandakanya ukuhwebelana phakathi kwezinguquko ekusebenzeni komsebenzi kanye nokuthuthukiswa kokuphepha kwemisebenzi. Ngaphandle kwalokho ugcina usungene esivumelwaneni sokuzibhubhisa.”
Ingxabano e-British Airways imayelana nokwethulwa ngoNovemba kwezinqubo zokusebenza ezinqamula okungenani isisebenzi sasendizeni esisodwa kusevisi ngayinye yohambo olude ukusuka kuhabhu yayo yaseLondon Heathrow. IJaji uLaura Cox linqume ukuthi ivoti livalwe ngoDisemba 17 ngoba inyunyana ihlanganisa abantu ababevumelene ngokushiya inkampani yezindiza.
Izingxoxo Ezijulile
"Sibe nezingxoxo ezijulile kulezi zinsuku ezimbalwa ezedlule, kodwa ngeshwa asikwazanga ukuthola isivumelwano," kusho uNobhala Jikelele we-Unite Assistant uLen McCluskey esitatimendeni. "Ngakho-ke kufanele sikuhloniphe ukuzibophezela kwethu ukunikeza amalungu ethu izwi abenqatshelwe yizinkantolo ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi, futhi abambe ivoti elisha."
Ukuhamba kwabagibeli eBritish Airways, okuyinkampani yezindiza yesithathu ngobukhulu e-Europe ngemuva kwe-Air France-KLM Group kanye ne-Lufthansa, kwehle ngamaphesenti ama-4 ngenyanga edlule kusukela onyakeni odlule, ukwehla kwesihlanu kulandelana nyanga zonke, njengoba ingxabano nabasebenzi bayo bekhabethe ishuba.
Ukuhamba kwezinsuku ezingu-12 okuhlelwe uDisemba 22 bekuzophazamisa ukuhamba kwabantu abangaphezu kwesigidi esisodwa ngesikhathi sikaKhisimusi.
"Siphatheke kabi kodwa akumangazi ukuthi i-Unite ibize esinye isiteleka sokuvota," kusho i-BA namuhla esitatimendeni esithunyelwe nge-e-mail, yengeza ngokuthi lesi sinqumo sibeka ukungabaza "ukholo oluhle" lwenyunyana ezingxoxweni zangesonto eledlule.
Ukuhlela Okuphuthumayo
IBritish Airways ithe isavulekele izingxoxo nganoma yisiphi isikhathi ngaphandle kwemibandela, nakuba inkampani yezindiza yenza uhlelo oluphuthumayo oluhlanganisa ukuqashwa kwezindiza kanye nabasebenzi uma kunesiteleka, kanye nesicelo sokuthi bonke abasebenzi balungele ukusebenza njenge abasizi bendiza yezimo eziphuthumayo.
Le nkampani ibike irekhodi lokulahlekelwa kwezigidi ezingu-217 (amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-355) engxenyeni yokuqala yaphela ngo-Septhemba 30, okwenza i-Chief Executive Officer u-Willie Walsh ajulise imizamo yokunciphisa izindleko.
Ukuma kweLufthansa kungase kuqale ngemuva kokuphela kokuvota ngoFebhuwari 17, kusho okhulumela inyunyana iVereinigung Cockpit uJan Krawitz namuhla.
Le nkampani yaseCologne ihlose ukushefa ama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1 (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.4) ezindlekweni ekupheleni konyaka ozayo, okuhlanganisa nokuncishiswa kwabasebenzi ngamaphesenti angu-20. Ilokhu ixoxisana neVereinigung Cockpit kusukela ngoMeyi, futhi inyunyana ithi izingxoxo zehlulekile ngenyanga edlule. UKrawitz uthe abashayeli bezindiza manje sebengase bahlehlise ukuzimisela kwabo ukuhamba ngaphandle kokunyuselwa amaholo.
Ivoti lesiteleka "lithumela uphawu olungalungile ngesikhathi esingafanele" njengoba imboni yezindiza idonsa kanzima ngenxa yokwehla kwezimoto, kusho isitatimende seLufthansa namuhla. Amalungiselelo ohambo “awaqondakali” ngoba abashayeli bezindiza bajabulela izimo zokusebenza ezinhle kakhulu futhi azikho izinhlelo zokubeka ukudubula okuyimpoqo, kusho inkampani, yengeza ngokuthi ifuna ukuqalisa kabusha izingxoxo.
Isu lokuthatha imali
Inkampani yenethiwekhi yaseJalimane ithenge i-Austrian Airlines AG ezinze e-Vienna kanye ne-Castle Donington, i-BMI ezinze e-England ngonyaka odlule. Iphinde yathola ukulawula kwamaphesenti angama-45 e-Brussels Airlines maphakathi no-2009 futhi inezinhlelo zokuthatha izintambo ngokuphelele ngo-2011.
Izabelo ze-Lufthansa zivaliwe zishintshile zaba ngama-euro ayi-12.76 eFrankfurt. Bazuze amaphesenti angu-8.6 kulo nyaka, banikeza inani lemakethe lama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-5.84.
IBritish Airways ikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-1.1 yaya ku-194.7 pence eLondon ngemuva kokudlulela phambili ngamaphesenti angu-3.8. Isitoko sikhuphuke ngamaphesenti angu-4.2 kulo nyaka, sibiza inkampani ngamaphawundi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.28.
Isikhulu Esiphezulu Kwezezimali uKeith Williams sithe uJan. 15 ukuthi abangaba abatshalizimali baxoshwa yizinkathazo ezingakaxazululwa.
Ukuhlanganiswa okuhleliwe ne-Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana SA yaseSpain, ukushoda kwesikhwama sempesheni kanye nesicelo eside sokungathembeki komfelandawonye ne-AMR Corp.'s American Airlines kuphakathi "kwezinkinga ezinkulu" ezibhekene nabazoba ngabanikazimasheya, esho. iphephandaba labasebenzi
