Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/08/30
By: Lee Hsin-Yin 

Taipei, Aug. 30 (CNA) Pilots with Taiwan’s two major airlines on Thursday withdrew their plan to strike after the carriers, China Airlines (CAL) and EVA Airways, agreed to meet the pilots’ most critical demands over a one-year period.

After its fourth round of negotiations with the two airlines, the Pilots Union Taoyuan said the option of a strike had been withdrawn, pending implementation over the next year of the agreements reached by the two sides.

The two carriers have agreed to address the main issues such as pilots’ pay, rest hours and contract terms, the union said, adding that once the airlines stick to their word and work productively toward the September 2019 deadline, there will be no risk of a pilot strike during the one-year period.

In the negotiations with CAL, it was agreed that data collected via the Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) system would be used mainly for educational purposes rather than to determine pilot infractions, the union said.    [FULL  STORY]