Asiana Airlines reaches agreement on pilot wages

Asiana Airlines announced Oct 9 that it settled wage negotiations for 2018 with the Asiana Pilot Union and had a signing ceremony Oct 8. Sept 18, 82.2% of the union members voted in favor of a tentative agreement. Asiana Airlines had a total of 7 wage negotiations for 2018 with the pilot union since the first meeting in August. The tentative agreement includes a base pay increase of US$219.68 a month for a pilot and $131.81 a month for a co-pilot; a pay raise of $131.81 for a senior pilot and $25.48 for a senior co-pilot. The two side pledged to maintain win-win management-union relations based on mutual trust. <br/>