Latam asks its crews to use Chilean planes

The airline Latam Argentina has asked the national government permission to use a registered Chilean aircraft to make the connection between Ezeiza and Miami, which takes off once a day. According to the airline, the plane with which they rely will no longer be able to enter the United States from next year.

The order had already been forwarded to the Administration of National Civil Aviation (Anac). However, the Airline Pilots Association (Apla) is fiercely opposed.

Rosario Altgelt, CEO of the Latam subsidiary of Chilean capitals, badured Clarin that "This is the only way to continue using this route from 2020, because the plane that currently covers it will no longer be able to enter in the United States next year. "

"We are asking to use a fleet of nine Chilean license plates, more modern than Argentina, so that our Argentinian crews can ship them to Ezeiza and transport them to Miami." are approached by other crews to other destinations, then they return to this airport, the Argentine crews go back and return to Ezeiza, "said Altgelt.

The road in danger. If the national government reacts negatively, the CEO of Latam said that "he should lift this road from January of next year":

"Exchange". This is the name in the jargon of leasing aircraft registered abroad to perform a local route, with local crews. That's what Latam asks, according to Clarín, and what the union does not agree with. This is why 164 pilots – out of a total of 228 – have signed a petition addressed to the Apla Board of Directors where they are required to hold a meeting to discuss the issue of "exchange". In addition, they ask them to have decision-making autonomy within the company.

The Latam plane. The current aircraft of the company is a Boeing B767 bearing the license plate number LV (aviation code of Argentina), 20 years old and which does not have the Equipment required by the United States Government on the coming year date to the aircraft that will land at their airports.