馬航再釋出100至200位737-800機師，
2016年底前737-800機隊由56架縮減為35架。
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/10/09/malaysia-airlines-
to-trim-pilots-via-secondment-exercise/
October 9, 2015
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) plans to offer 100 to 200 Boeing
737-800 pilots from its narrow-body fleet for secondment next year to interest
ed airlines.
In a report in the New Straits Times that quoted aviation industry news portal
Aviation International News (AIN) Online, the airline will offer its pilots e
ither two-year leave without pay or a 15-day work month at half salary if the
plan fails to materialise.
An unnamed MAB Sepang flight operations centre official told AIN that the exce
ss crew was from a reduction of the 737-800 network as part of an exercise tha
t began in late August.“The airline plans further reductions in the coming mo
nths, where necessary.
The airline will know exactly how many pilots it will need to offer for second
ment by the end of the year. Some have already served the required three month
s’ notice to resign, and the precise number will depend on how many more foll
ow suit,” he said.
He said however that he does not know if MAB had already identified any airlin
es for the secondment or whether any have expressed interest.
“[The airline is] facing stiff competition on domestic and regional routes fr
om low-cost carriers such as Malindo Air, AirAsia and full-service carriers,”
he said.
This also marks the first time in Malaysia Airlines’ history that 777-200ER a
nd 737-800 fleet pilots have felt the effects of five restructuring exercises
since 2000.
Following the recent revamp, administrators established a new company in Augus
t and renamed the carrier Malaysia Airlines Berhad from its original Malaysia
Airlines System on September 1.
MAB plans to reduce its fleet to 35 by end 2016 from the current 56 737-800s i
t operates. It also canceled an option for 10 Boeing 737-800NGs.
According to the report, MAB in August had arranged to send 50 to 70 Boeing 77
7 pilots to Korean Air on temporary assignment. That plan met with opposition
from 嗱orean Air’s pilots’ union, despite a shortage of cockpit crew at that
airline.