As a result of an arbitration in the pay dispute related to a transfer of personnel (see our Newsletter in April) the wages of the Iberia pilots will be frozen until the of 2014. According to the binding arbitration the creation of the cheap carrier Iberia Express is legitimate. The union of airline pilots SEPLA contested the transfer of the pilots. According to the arbitration text Iberia has to reduce the costs, increase productivity and improve the social climate.
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