April 07,2010
The plan that Japan Airlines is implementing in the name of business reconstruction will undermine the very basis of teamwork among aviation workers and threaten flight safety.
Japanese Communist Party representative Kokuta Keiji at a House of Representatives Committee meeting on April 7 criticized Japan’s flagship carrier for forcing more than 500 cabin attendants based in Fukuoka and Osaka airports to choose between early retirements or transfers to the distant airports of Haneda or Narita.
Kokuta stated, “The JAL restructuring plan is very cruel,” demanding that the government instruct the company to take a more moderate approach in restructuring itself.
Transport Minister Maehara Seiji said, “It’ll be important for JAL to sincerely negotiate with its workers’ unions on this matter.”
On the previous day, Fukuoka-based cabin attendants of the JAL Cabin Crew Union held a news conference at the Fukuoka prefectural government office to call for the continuation of their positions in Fukuoka.
The number of cabin staff based in Fukuoka Airport is 59. Many of them have family as well as job responsibilities, including child-rearing and caring for aged parents.
A cabin attendant complained, “I can’t understand why the company ignores our pleas to continue to work out of Fukuoka while keeping the same number of departures and arrivals at Fukuoka Airport.” Another CA said, “Everyday, we hold a family conference to discuss whether I should quit the job or move to a different location.”
Japanese Communist Party representative Kokuta Keiji at a House of Representatives Committee meeting on April 7 criticized Japan’s flagship carrier for forcing more than 500 cabin attendants based in Fukuoka and Osaka airports to choose between early retirements or transfers to the distant airports of Haneda or Narita.
Kokuta stated, “The JAL restructuring plan is very cruel,” demanding that the government instruct the company to take a more moderate approach in restructuring itself.
Transport Minister Maehara Seiji said, “It’ll be important for JAL to sincerely negotiate with its workers’ unions on this matter.”
On the previous day, Fukuoka-based cabin attendants of the JAL Cabin Crew Union held a news conference at the Fukuoka prefectural government office to call for the continuation of their positions in Fukuoka.
The number of cabin staff based in Fukuoka Airport is 59. Many of them have family as well as job responsibilities, including child-rearing and caring for aged parents.
A cabin attendant complained, “I can’t understand why the company ignores our pleas to continue to work out of Fukuoka while keeping the same number of departures and arrivals at Fukuoka Airport.” Another CA said, “Everyday, we hold a family conference to discuss whether I should quit the job or move to a different location.”
