 |
| Airpeace. |
One
of the most reliable airlines in Nigeria, Air Peace seem to be facing the very
rude challenge occasioned by the incursion of the dreaded coronavirus as she has
sacked not less than 70 of its pilots across its fleet types.
The
airline said it had to take the “painful but rightful” decision in the face of
the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on its operations and
financial health, as according to them, this action became imperative because
the company could no longer afford to continue to fulfill its financial
obligations without carrying out restructuring of its entire operations to
survive the times.
Furthermore, the carrier said the
painful decision was to keep its operations afloat after it carried out a raft
of measures including cut of zero to 40 per cent in the salaries of staff.
In
a statement in Lagos on Monday, the airline management said such move was
critical to sustain its operations and survive the times.
The statement reads: “This decision is
inevitable under the circumstances we find ourselves. In order to protect the
continuity of majority of the existing jobs and the possibility of creating new
ones in future, the survival of the airline is of paramount importance. When
everything comes back to normal those pilots affected today will have a place
to come back to in future if they so wish, as anyything short of what we have
done may lead to the collapse of an airline as could be seen in some places
worldwide during this period.
Post a comment