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Easyjet pilots suspend strike action pending further talks | Easyjet pilots suspend strike action pending further talks |
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Easyjet pilots have suspended their plans to strike, while new proposals on tackling fatigue are considered. | Easyjet pilots have suspended their plans to strike, while new proposals on tackling fatigue are considered. |
Members of the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said talks had been held to try to resolve the row. | Members of the British Airline Pilots Association (Balpa) said talks had been held to try to resolve the row. |
The union said proposals to mitigate pilot fatigue would now be put to members in a ballot. | |
Brian Strutton, Balpa's general secretary, said it did not mean the dispute was over, but "sufficient progress" had been made. | Brian Strutton, Balpa's general secretary, said it did not mean the dispute was over, but "sufficient progress" had been made. |
He said: "We have been working hard today and over the last few days to find a solution to this dispute about pilot fatigue. | He said: "We have been working hard today and over the last few days to find a solution to this dispute about pilot fatigue. |
"Easyjet management have put a proposal on the table that the Balpa team feel has closed the gap between us considerably on a range of issues. | "Easyjet management have put a proposal on the table that the Balpa team feel has closed the gap between us considerably on a range of issues. |
"We therefore feel it is right and proper to consult with our members at this stage and so we are suspending serving notice of industrial action on the company." | "We therefore feel it is right and proper to consult with our members at this stage and so we are suspending serving notice of industrial action on the company." |
'Agreeable solution' | |
It was revealed earlier this month that pilots were considering strike action over the week that coincides with the half-term holiday in many schools. | |
In a letter to pilots leaked to The Daily Telegraph, Balpa outlined strike action blaming a "dispute with Easyjet purely concerning pilot fatigue". | In a letter to pilots leaked to The Daily Telegraph, Balpa outlined strike action blaming a "dispute with Easyjet purely concerning pilot fatigue". |
It claimed the core issue of the dispute was that "fatigue had risen year on year, to levels pilots and Balpa find unacceptable". | It claimed the core issue of the dispute was that "fatigue had risen year on year, to levels pilots and Balpa find unacceptable". |
The airline said the new proposal had been developed after "extensive" discussions and would be put to its UK pilots in the hope that a "mutually agreeable solution" could be reached. | |
This meant there was currently "no threat of strike action", it added. |
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