Prospect members at the CAA to take strike action

Prospect members working at the Civil Aviation authority (CAA) will take strike action in a dispute over pay.

 

This will be the first time Prospect members have taken strike action there in 40 years,

Strike action at CAA HQ in Crawley will be for 24 hours on 6 February.

Industrial action short of a strike, which has been ongoing since 20 January consisting of working to rule and an overtime ban, will pause for the duration of the strike, resuming on 7 February. Ongoing action short of a strike could cause delays across the industry to things like fleet refits, the introduction of new models, licensing of new hanger facilities.

The CAA imposed a 3-4% pay offer on staff after going through the motions of negotiating – an offer which neither kept pace with the industry nor civil service (The CAA is a Non-Departmental Public Body).

Rachel Curley, Deputy General Secretary of Prospect, said:

“Despite our ongoing industrial action the CAA has still not come to the table with an offer our members can accept so we have no choice but to escalate to a day’s strike.

“There is still time to avoid further industrial action which will be damaging for the industry but the employer needs to restart good faith negotiations.

“This is not an issue that is going to just go away and if it continues it will start to impact airlines causing delays to planned upgrades with a knock-on effect felt by passengers.”