Aircraft pilots and engineers acting under the aegis of National Association of Aircraft Pilots and Engineers, NAAPE, on Wednesday, July 13, grounded the operations of Caverton Helicopters.
This move is a part of the one-day warning strike to protest payment disparity in salaries between expatriate and Nigerian pilots and engineers.
The strike affected the company’s offices in Shell, NAF Base in Port Harcourt, as well as Warri and Lagos. The warning strike which affected the operations of Caverton was enforced by NAAPE members.
The warning strike was equally to express the union’s discomfort over the refusal by the helicopter company to commit to pay remunerations being converted from dollars to naira at prevailing inter-bank rate as previously agreed between the management of the rotary wing and NAAPE.
NAAPE General Secretary, Ocheme Aba, stated that it was worrisome that Caverton Helicopters is discriminating between expatriate and Nigeria pilots and engineers in the payment of salaries.
