EVA Air-pilots make progress at talks: labor department

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/16
By: Lee Hsin-Yin 

Taipei, Aug. 16 (CNA) Progress was made in the second round of negotiations between EVA Airways and its pilots on Thursday, Taoyuan City’s Department of Labor said after intervening in the dispute to avoid a strike.

The meeting was a clear improvement on the first talks last week, when no consensus was reached, with both sides starting to resolve their differences, the department said.

Union official Chen Po-chien (陳柏謙) told CNA the airline demonstrated some flexibility on work hours and the length of a pilot’s first contract.

EVA Air pilots have asked the carrier to beef up crews on long haul flights and give them more time to rest before and after flights.    [FULL  STORY]