PAL crisis

[cebulifer]

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sus... pilots gyud ang giampingan!!! ihatag na ang salary demands oi. nag save ka lagi sa ilang salary. but wa man pud ning lupad ang eroplano. so alkanse ka pa!!!

[c_cebrecus]

if this is about salaries and benefits, why does cebupacs pilots aren't complaining. do they have bigger salaries than of pal? i think there's more to this so called uprising and mass resignation. or maybe cebupacs contract is more tighter than of pals' that's why they can't complain...

cebupac has much lower salaries, that i can tell you.

[parengjo]

Update!

PAL says operations back to normal, sets new flight sked - Nation - GMANews.TV - Official Website of GMA News and Public Affairs - Latest Philippine News

Maau untag tinuod ni. Basin publicity ra ni bah.
Naa ra ba ko flyt karon sabado.

Hopefully dili ma-cancel.

[sharkey360]

To business and tourism: PAL crisis creates wave of uncertainty | The Freeman >> The Freeman Sections >> Cebu Business

[jodencio]

Truths needed to be Heard: PAL FAIL!!!!! <<< sorry for cross posting. i think this is the reason.

[psyche54]

Ila gireklamo is ang entire system man sa PAL sa pagpadagan sa ilang mga tawo...

Saw the report yesterday, madahan nimo, ila mga domestic flight stewards, below minimum unya 3 yrs. na in service...
Mandatory retirement is @ age 40 sa mga bag-o, 55 for other stewards.

[pranchiz]

Truths needed to be Heard: PAL FAIL!!!!! <<< sorry for cross posting. i think this is the reason.

this is the same thing that my friend working as an FA in air phil said to me. she fears the worst has yet to come

[high_heels]

Hi guys, let me share to you an email trail that I receive. This was sent to specific recipients and I've been given the privilege from the original recipient of this email purposely send this to everyone to shed light from this current issue. As I see it, the previous administrations are to be blamed for this. If there was an open market for airlines before, then the government and its people wont fully depend on PAL alone. Monopoly is a tragedy for consumers as I say!!! This email is a bit long but I hope you can take the time to read it.

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To
<wecare@pal.com.ph>
cc
<editor@philstar.com>, <peopleasia@gmail.com>,
<thefreemannewspaper@yahoo.com>, <*****@philstar.com.ph>
Subject
Concerned

To Whom it May Concern:

As a concerned consumer and loyal customer of Philippines Airlines I must
question some of it's policies. The pilots are trying to improve their
standard of living by seeking a change in employment and who could blame
them. In law when a person makes a decision which is deemed unfair and
one-sided it could be consider as being made under duress. Whilst PAL has
truly done some great things over the years; is it conceivable, asking
someone to provide six months notice before they resign? Sure they may have
accepted the contract when they were looking for a job; but where is the
mutual benefit. The employee will find it near impossible to find another
job if they must wait six months and the employment market is not that
flexible for an employer to wait six months for a new hire and PAL
understands that. The reason a rule like that is in place, can only be to
serve the employer; it restricts free choice, competition and amounts to
forced servitude. Just because you have a contract does not make it fair
and just!

Which brings me to my point:

Why does the airline double charge and triple charge (No show fee, refund
fee and rebooking fee) customers for changes. What happened to the days
when there was the change fee? It's not fair and it seems like an unfair
trade practice and the fact that other airlines are doing the same; gives
cause for concern.

Maybe the DOTC should investigate the unfair trade practices and price
fixing within the airline industry, and the Department of Labor should look
into the contracts of the Pilots.

At the end of the day we all want to be treated fairly!

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From: Customer Relations <wecare@pal.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 14:48:52
To: <*******@gmail.com>
Subject: Letter from Philippine Airlines

Dear Mr. ***** *,

Please allow us to explain the policy in question. We believe the policy
requiring the pilots a minimum of six (6) months notice if they want to
transfer to a foreign airline is not a unilateral condition imposed by PAL.
Apart from being a contractual obligation freely agreed by the pilots, the
six (6) months notice is also pursuant to POEA Memorandum Circular No. 3
series of 2006 declaring pilots as "Mission Critical - with shortage in the
Philippines". The greater picture, therefore, is the safety and security
of the Philippines and the economic effect it will create in the
Philippines if the regulations will cater to a mass exodus of pilots to
other country. This will not only cripple the air transportation business
of the Philippines but also all other businesses that are dependent on the
airlines. We have already seen this when PAL closed down in 1998 when
pilots of PAL refused to go to work.

We hope that you will agree with us that foreign airlines supported by
their respective governments have the upper hand in making a lucrative
offer to the pilots. Firstly, they no longer have to train these pilots,
they will merely reap the benefits in training these pilots to proficiency.
Their savings in training these pilots may, therefore, be translated into
monetary considerations. It may be noteworthy to point out that it takes a
Captain approximately ten (10) years in view of the flying hours needed for
him to qualify as a Captain. It would potentially threaten the safety of
Philippine aviation if all Captains would be pirated by foreign countries.

Secondly, these pilots are considered by foreign carriers as contractual
employees; hence, they do not need to provide medical, retirement and other
benefits similar to those provided by PAL. Again, they maybe translated
into savings into monetary considerations for the pilots. Thirdly, the
customers of these foreign airlines are dollar based earners unlike
Filipinos who are earning in pesos; hence, for PAL to compete under the
situation will be to lose track of the consumer basis. Lastly, the
countries wherein these airlines operate have certainly higher standards of
living; hence, they need to provide bigger compensation.

With respect to your comment on the collection of the fees, such as refund,
no-show and rebooking fees, on the refund fee, please allow us to explain
that need to impose these administrative fees, otherwise all passengers
will just indiscriminately book and purchase tickets since there is no risk
on their part. Such is necessary, therefore, to recover the administrative
costs of booking. On the no-show fee and rebooking fee, these are
necessary penalties in order that the passengers will not just book and
thereafter not show up for their flight which is detrimental to the
business. The business of air transportation is highly perishable in the
sense that once the aircraft departs with an empty seat due to the fact
that the passenger did not show-up, that empty seat is already a revenue
loss that could no longer be recovered. Most tickets that have these
penalties and conditions are promotional tickets; hence, they are also
highly restricted. Passengers may opt to purchase unrestricted tickets,
which does not have such penalties but have higher fares. Promotional and
restricted tickets are recent innovations in order to make air
transportation available to a greater part of the public. Under the
promotional scheme, the airline expects that the ticket will be flown as
provided in the fare condition and as agreed by the passenger upon
purchase. These promotional fares and its conditions which includes the
penalties is sanctioned by the Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board when it
approved the fare to make affordable prices for passengers who have
definite flight plans.

Mr. ***** *. thank you for the opportunity to address your concerns. There
are ongoing talks among the parties involved with the intervention of the
Philippine Government. We can only hope to resolve the labor dispute soon
with the entry of the government.

Very truly yours,


RAIZZA DUTERTE
Customer Management Officer
Customer Relations
rd/

[ChinitaKo]

Hay.... ka sad ani oi.

[joremz]

Dapat tuloy ang ligaya. Pasagdi nang mga pilotoha. Abusado na kaayo na sila. Pagka-dagko na ug sweldo ana nila + benefits. Gusto nila ipa-standardize internationaly ilahang salary? wow! pre! ka-hayahay gud nila..If pakaging gyud ni sila, dapat GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE OVER. Naapektuhan na kaayo ang mga tawo ug ang tourism...Tan-awon tag asa na sila pamuniton...Paadtua na sila sa gawas nasud pa-trabahua, tan-awon tag dili ba mo tagam. Gatuo siguro nilag sayon trabaho sa gawas ai...Kanan uban diha, naamong ra man sila mao nanguyog ug strike. Hala! pasmo gani mo.linti-an jud mo. Gatuo seguro ug sayon ngetag trabaho esp. pilot!!!...Problem is, qualified kaha mo sa gawas? kadaghan ug ngil-ngig nga pilotos gawas ah and well trained in a very hi-tech facilities....hala! usapa nya na ninyo.