Taipei Times
Date: Feb 10, 2019
By: Lee I-chia  /  Staff reporter

Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) yesterday said that a strike by China Airlines (CAL) pilots might have been avoided if airline chairman Ho Nuan-hsuan (何煖軒) had followed his advice.

CAL pilots belonging to the Taoyuan Union of Pilots went on strike from early on Friday morning, causing at least 20 flights to be canceled as of press time last night and affecting thousands of passengers.

However, claims that the strike was the result of a fallout between Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) factions was a fabrication, Cheng said.

The strike resulted from controversy between former DPP factions, Taipei City Councilor Wang Hong-wei (王鴻薇), of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), wrote on Facebook on Friday.    [FULL  STORY]