In addition to the new addendum, there will also be an annexure consisting of documentation supporting a derogation request that will be made by the company to the ‘Direction de l’Aviation Civile (DAC)’ in respect of one of the items contained in the addendum. The final wording of these documents is presently being reviewed and once completed, will be given to the unions for their agreement. It is expected that such review and approval by the ‘Comité Mixte’ will be completed by 6 August 2013.

As the wording of such documentation was not finalized at the meeting held yesterday, LCGB had decided to not initial the addendum until such time all documents impacting the crew members was in hand and agreed.

In arriving at the new addendum, the management of the airline had revised its offer on several occasions in order to achieve an agreement that was acceptable to all parties. The effect of the addendum will be to reinstate the CWA to the 31 December 2014 in return for the unions agreeing to the optimization of working time with levels of activity in the airline. In addition, the unions have also agreed – subject to the finalization of the relevant documentation – to a derogation request to be submitted to the DAC.

Joint working groups will be established throughout the airline to pursue other productivity and efficiency initiatives.
The parties also committed to the establishment of a pilot ‘off-day pool’ scheme jointly managed by the pilot representatives and the company in order to provide resources for continuous productivity initiatives within Flight Operations.

Subject to the finalization of the derogation document, all parties are in agreement with the addendum.

All parties appreciate the spirit in which these negotiations have taken place and look forward to continuing in the same spirit in the future.