ALPA, has said in a statement that the “redundancies and demotions forced upon the pilot community” have been temporarily suspended after the First Hall of the Civil Court provisionally upheld the Warrant of Prohibitory Injunction filed by the union this morning.

ALPA, referring to statement made by politicians and senior officials over the last couple of days that had claimed; “ALPA had demanded payment of the amount of €700,000 per pilot, amounting to the global figure of €73 million, in terms of the Early Retirement Scheme protected by the said Collective Agreement.”

Air Malta presented its costings and, ALPA said that “after obtaining professional advice relating to the possibility of creating a Third Pillar Pension Scheme, the Association agreed that the devalued global amount of €73 million was fair in the current circumstances.”

The Association said that it is “saddened by the persistent bad faith displayed by the management of the company, as well as by manoeuvres meant to exert pressure on the operation of the Executive Committee.”

The Association went on to say that it finds it “particularly strange that the decision to terminate the employment of 69 pilots, as well as to demote a number of Captains, was communicated to our members at 11pm on the 5th of June.”

It added that this was “barely 48 hours after ALPA was assured that redundancies were no longer on the table.”

ALPA concluded by saying that it “does not exclude the possibility of widening its membership to include other professionals, who have expressed an interest in this respect.”

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