Australian Pilots Ease Wage Demands
From Reuters
SYDNEY, Australia —
Australia’s airline pilots said Wednesday that they were withdrawing the 30% pay increase demand at the heart of a dispute that has seriously disrupted the nation’s domestic air services.
John Raby, vice president of the Australian Federation of Air Pilots, told reporters that the pilots would instead seek an unspecified raise based on a 25% increase in productivity.
The federation submitted a new set of offers to the Industrial Relations Commission.
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