AMR Crisis Cell: Negotiations with pilots at an impasse

The airline is in the midst of a tussle between management and the Airline Pilots Association. Engaged in a dialogue, the two parties have just announced the failure of the talks with an increased risk of disruption on the flights of the RAM.

"We are in a crisis cell since that night (Tuesday 17 July). We try to manage the delayed flights in order to cover them ". The comments come from Abdelhamid Addou, President and CEO of RAM. Crisis. The word is thus dropped and the RAM seems indeed this time to enter an area of ​​turbulence again. The airline lives, in fact, at the pace of a standoff between the management and the Association of airline pilots.

Engaged in a dialogue, the two parties have just announced the failure of the talks with a increased risk of disruption on RAM flights. The company issued a statement that reflects the official position of management. "We are coming to the end of our discussion with the representatives of the airline pilots, and through the results of the general assembly of the AMPL of Monday, July 16, 2018, we note with bitterness, despite a historic number of commitments, the 'lack of willingness to reach a compromise, this one pushed back by an escalation of claims,' reads the statement. "I see that there is no desire to work towards social peace, it has been clearly announced. This dogmatic refusal of a commitment to a perpetuation of social relations reveals the intention to remain in a bellicose position considered comfortable, but moreover short-term and useless, since there will be nothing to defend after destruction, "the source continues, explaining that" it is an implicit refusal of stability, a necessary condition for the joint construction of a better future. It is a blockage of any initiative to invest in our company for its development, and ours, no shareholder can mobilize funds in such a context of uncertainty. "

Management even uses very strong words that say a lot about the gap gap between the two parties. "I see, therefore, that there is no desire to see the company develop, or that this will give way to egocentric considerations. We have mobilized resources, which we do not have today, to meet the expectations of the airline pilots. We have undertaken the implementation of processes to improve the daily life. We initiated the acquisition of avant-garde information systems to improve working conditions and we once again stumbled on the lack of support, "the statement added. And to continue: "We have implemented structuring projects, reorganized the management of the PN human resources and initiated important amendments within the operational departments to bring about a dynamic of change and a better professionalisation. We have, in all transparency, shared the strategic vision of the company with all airline pilots, clearly explaining the opportunities, limited certainly, but real, identifying the issues and specifying the threats to our company. 19659004] RAM management did not go out of their way to describe the risks for the company. "The upcoming strike on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 will be devastating. It will destroy value and degrade our economic indicators. It will create dissatisfaction with our customers, base necessary for our durability, and the very existence of our company, "the same source concludes.

No strike, according to the pilots

It is a real war of accusations and counter-accusations that is currently taking place between the RAM and its pilots of the line.
Whereas the direction speaks about strike and affirms that the current situation "will amplify the tensions and will affect not only the image of the already damaged company, but that of an unavoidable population", the AMPL (Moroccan Association of the pilots of line) denies its will to lead a strike, in any case for the moment. That said, the protesters give the impression of playing with words, using the term "conflict" instead of strike. That's not all.
Both parties blame each other for the failure of dialogue. At the moment when the management talks about the lack of a real will to reach an agreement, the pilots, meanwhile, accuse the other party of imposing several conditions, notably with regard to the rise of wages.