Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) has accused the Kenya Airways (KQ) management of a number of issues including pilot victimisation, non-adherence to the Kenya civil aviation regulations, leadership and governance shortcomings and the withdrawal of the staff provident fund.
Speaking while addressing the media, the association’s Secretary General captain Murithi Nyagah said that they want the airline to stop the victimisation immediately lest it calls for an industrial strike making reference to the 14-day notice of industrial actions issued to the airlines chief executive officer Allan kilavuka which elapses tomorrow.
“Allow us to highlight two cases; One of our members had baseless allegations brought against him by his immediate manager for respecting his terms and conditions of employment as outlined in the CBA,” said captain Nyagah
Additionally, the pilot union has also accused Kenya Airways’ leadership of mismanagement, including the continuous breach of some Kenya Civil Aviation Regulations.
Therefore, the Kenya Airline Pilots Association demands a complete restructuring of Kenya Airways’ board and management to lead the airline out of the current status of crisis.
Kenya Airways CEO, Allan Kilavuka, stated that the airline has still not managed to strike an agreement with the union. Nonetheless, Kilavuka affirmed that the airline is willing to further discussions with Kalpa to address the issues raised by the association.
“We stopped paying into the provident fund with agreement of the KALPA union during the covid period. We intend to start paying back into the provident fund when we have completed paying back the deferred payments we cannot do both at the same time,” Killavuka told the Informer.
However, the airline received a court order preventing its pilots from going on strike.