Cabin crew demand EVA address ‘exhausting’ flights issue

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/01/21
By Shih Hsiu-chuan 

Taipei, Jan. 21 (CNA) Cabin crew of Taiwanese airline EVA Airways (長榮航空) staged a sit-in Sunday to demand that the management revise duty time rules to prevent overwork among crew members, especially for the six flights considered to be the “most exhausting” shifts.

The protest came after the management of the carrier and the Ministry of Labor gave only “dismissive responses” to demands to address the issues of overwork made since August by the Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union (TFAU), of which 58 percent of its flight attendants, or 2,700 people, are members.

As EVA Airways reported a record-high revenue of NT$163.5 billion (US$5.52 billion) in 2017, it should be able to afford the extra cost of crew members staying one more night at a flight’s destination point so they can get sufficient rest before the next period of duty, said Cheng Ya-ling (鄭雅菱), a leader of the TFAU.    [FULL  STORY]