Win for KQ pilots in leave dispute
Friday January 29 2021
By SAM KIPLAGAT
Summary
National carrier Kenya Airways has been directed to pay pilots full salary during the days they were on leave following the grounding of aircraft over Covid-19 pandemic.
Alternatively, Employment and Labour Relations court judge Maureen Onyango directed the airline to assign the leave taken proportionately to the salary earned during the period of leave.
In a balance for the airline and members of the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (Kalpa) Justice Onyango said it was inevitable for the pilots to be on leave during the lockdown, as there were no flights then.