The Hong Kong Aircrew Officers Association (HKAOA) has formally affiliated to HKCTU. The HKAOA was registered as a trade union in 1963 to represent the interests of pilots and flight engineers employed by Cathay Pacific Airways. The HKAOA has over 1,000 members, and is involved in a long-running dispute with management over rostering and salary issues. Throughout the dispute the management has refused to negotiate, responding instead with threats and intimidation. Six days into the work-to-rule industrial action by the union in July 2001, the management fired 49 pilots. This was in addition to three pilots who were dismissed a week earlier. Four of the seven union negotiators and eight of the union's 20 committee members were among those dismissed. On March 14, 2002, a formal complaint was lodged with the ILO concerning Cathay Pacific management's violations of Conventions 87, 98 and 158.



For more information please visit HKAOA's web site

Also see> the case of Cathay's attack on the rights of HKAOA members in the Hong Kong SAR section in the ICFTU's Survey of Trade Union Rights Violations.