Outrage in Iberia. British Airways illustrates its magazine with a photo

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British flag and the Rock of Gibraltar in the background Discontent among Iberia staff, and especially the pilots. British Airways has illustrated the cover of its corporate magazine with a photo of the tail of one of its planes and the Rock of Gibraltar as a background. The image has caused deep anger among Spanish pilots, who also consider it a provocation in the midst of the conflict over layoffs in the company. The announcement of a strike in Iberia for Easter causes a 30% drop in reservations. Travelers have chosen Vueling and Air Europa as alternatives Iberia will now apply a 14% reduction in the pilots' salaries to the April payroll after Sepla's refusal to sign the mediator's agreementIn recent weeks, the photograph of the cover of the corporate magazine that BA distributes monthly among its employees (Flight Ops News), belonging to the latest issue, has been circulating among Iberia pilots . In the May issue you can see the tail of a company plane, with the colors of the British flag (blue, red and white) and the Rock of Gibraltar as a background.

Pilots anger According to internal sources consulted by El Confidencial Digital, this reference to Gibraltar , whose legal ownership passed from Spain to the United Kingdom with the signing of the Treaty of Utrecht in , has gone down “especially badly” among Iberia pilots . It must be remembered that, before this episode occurred, in  Middle East Mobile Number List  some of the protests that the workers of the Spanish airline have carried out to denounce the dismissals approved after the merger with British, banners could already be seen with the slogan “ First was Gibraltar ; now, Iberia . ” Iberia is among the strategic companies in Spain. It is the country's flag airline and is considered by the population to be one of the most valued and well- established companies . They blame British for the ERE in Iberia In November, IAG announced one of the largest ERE in the history of Spain: 4,500 Iberia employees would lose their jobs (22.5% of the workforce).



Of this figure, 537 would be pilots , which meant the dismissal of one in three pilots. Salary cuts of 25% to 35% were also proposed . Iberia unions have been denouncing ever since that the adjustments in their company are the fault of the merger with British Airways . exp-player-logo They locate a cayuco with 68 immigrants, including four deceased, in waters near El Hierro The union sources to which ECD has had access denounce that the British airline is taking advantage of the operation to clean up its balance sheet at the cost of imposing harsh adjustments on the Spanish company , which, however, British Airways employees would not have suffered. The pilots have not accepted the adjustment After several months of negotiation, Iberia and the majority of the unions signed the proposal of mediator Gregorio Tudela in March , which reduced layoffs in the company from 3,807 to 3,141. However, the Spanish Airline Pilots Union (SEPLA) and other workers' associations rejected the agreement .