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Nok Air Punishes Pilots Who Went on a Strike
16th Feb 2016
Yesterday’s meeting of Thailand’s aviation authorities, airline operators and Transport Ministry had one topic on its agenda – Nok Air pilots’ unannounced strike on Sunday and how to ensure this does not happen again. Unfortunately, no representative of Nok Air showed up for the meeting on Monday.
The meeting was called by the Thailand’s Deputy Transport Minister Omsin Chivapruck after 10 Nok Air pilots staged a strike and caused no less than 8 flights from Don Mueang airport to be cancelled and hundreds of passengers who booked a fare earlier to be left stranded at the airport.
The pilots were apparently unhappy about the latest auditing process, which most of them have reportedly failed. The new auditing is in line with EASA’s (European Aviation Safety Agency’s).
In a statement, however, Nok Air said it will take action against the pilots. At the time of writing this article, one of the pilots has been dismissed from his job, two more were suspended until next Tuesday and seven more face an inquiry regarding the incident. Reportedly, one of them is a deputy VP in charge of overseeing flight operations.
Chief exec of Nok Air, Patee Sarasin said the airline is now looking to resolve its internal issues and he himself will not talk to the media in the meantime.
The airline issued a statement in which it apologized to the passengers for cancelling the flights and promised to give them a refund.
Following the meeting at the Transport Ministry’s Deputy Minister Omsin said all airline operators must have a contingency plan and a “manager on duty” to deal with these kinds of problems.
He also explained how the Transport Ministry is handling violations of this type:
“A first violation will result in a warning. The second is punished by suspension of the Air Operator License. The third results in revocation of the AOL and that is up to the Transport Minister.”
Deputy director-general of Department of Airports Amphawan Wannako also said that an investigation regarding the incident is pending and Nok Air is facing certain penalties now, while the Transport permanent secretary Chatchai Thipsunawee said that Nok Air has three days to submit a full explanation as to why it cancelled the flights.
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