Protect jobs no matter what, past savior of Japan Airlines says
No matter how hard Covid-19 squeezes its finances, JAL. must stick to a philosophy of preserving jobs and keeping workers happy, according to its former assistant chairman Yoshihito Ohta, who played a key role in the company’s turnaround from collapse a decade ago. Like most carriers around the world, JAL has been floored by the pandemic. It forecasts losses of as much as 270b yen ($2.6b) this fiscal year, its first slide into the red since emerging from one of the country’s biggest-ever bankruptcies. Japan Airlines is maintaining most of its wider 35,000-strong workforce despite being left with extra staff for its more threadbare flight schedule. A few hundred employees have been sent to work short-term at places such as KDDI Corp. and Nojima Corp., as well as in factories, call centers and local governments. A Japan Airlines spokesperson said workers won’t be furloughed and they’d have opportunities to learn new skills as part of the company’s “basic policy.” Low-cost unit Zipair Tokyo said in October it would take on about 100 staff from the wider Japan Airlines group. “They seem to be sticking to the principle,” Ohta said. “It isn’t easy for them to do so, but I am the very person who kept telling them to do their best to protect jobs no matter what happens in the future.”<br/>
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Protect jobs no matter what, past savior of Japan Airlines says
No matter how hard Covid-19 squeezes its finances, JAL. must stick to a philosophy of preserving jobs and keeping workers happy, according to its former assistant chairman Yoshihito Ohta, who played a key role in the company’s turnaround from collapse a decade ago. Like most carriers around the world, JAL has been floored by the pandemic. It forecasts losses of as much as 270b yen ($2.6b) this fiscal year, its first slide into the red since emerging from one of the country’s biggest-ever bankruptcies. Japan Airlines is maintaining most of its wider 35,000-strong workforce despite being left with extra staff for its more threadbare flight schedule. A few hundred employees have been sent to work short-term at places such as KDDI Corp. and Nojima Corp., as well as in factories, call centers and local governments. A Japan Airlines spokesperson said workers won’t be furloughed and they’d have opportunities to learn new skills as part of the company’s “basic policy.” Low-cost unit Zipair Tokyo said in October it would take on about 100 staff from the wider Japan Airlines group. “They seem to be sticking to the principle,” Ohta said. “It isn’t easy for them to do so, but I am the very person who kept telling them to do their best to protect jobs no matter what happens in the future.”<br/>
