Amraiz Khan
Lahore
All PIA Associations except CBA have been De-Recognized by PIA Management – Official letters have been issued to the Associations.
In a notification issued by the management, PIA derecognizes all employee associations with immediate effect, with exception of Trade Union i.e., Collective Bargaining Agent (CBA) which is the sole constitutional body for representing and negotiating on behalf of the employees.
The associations include Pakistan Airline Pilot Association (PALPA), Senior Staff Association (SSA), Airline Technologist Association of Pakistan (ATAP), Society of Aircraft Engineers of Pakistan (SAEP) and Pakistan Airline Cabin Crew Association (PACCA). Though all these associations include the world Pakistan in them, but their representation is limited to PIA employees as other airlines employees do not take part of these.
The management has proceeded with the de-recognition of these associations on account of operating imperatives and to bring the company out of the strangleholds of various groups attempting to create shadow and / or parallel management.
This is however with the assurance that these measures are not against the employees but simply to ensure smooth operations of the company.
In this connection individual letters have been written to the heads of the aforementioned associations.
