1 week strike notice....

This is a long shot but if KQ needed a real turnaround it would allow itself to go "bankrupt" all while continuing operations (get all debt guaranteed by GoK, register new subsidiary, transfer assets and guaranteed liabilities to new CO...).

This will give it a clean slate to put in place new contracts for the pilots.There are tons of pilots from well trained ET who would love to earn 3/4 of what KQ pays its pilots.

As it is its on its deathbed and it will bleed slowly and painfully to its grave and drag with it billions in taxpayer money since the shareholders are already holding negative equity.

@alotoftalk, winding it up is more disastrous. In Kenya, there is no protection from bankruptcy. It is not about pilots but how the management handles staff relations. ET neither has surplus pilots to be employed by KQ nor pilots who are better trained.

@maka's post lends some credence to this article. @Horton, what exactly is the status of this fallout btw mgnt & the pilots since you are disputing @maka's post?

It's now obvious you can see the flaws in what this guy does. Many CEOs come to the media when the exercise is already conducted. This is why am advocating for his departure. What KQ needs is fresh thinking. When such a character is at the top then any other right thinking manager under him proposing better ideas will be rebuked instantly.

There is no strike notice. On the contrary the pilots are working flat out even on their days' off to ensure minimal disruption. KQ is now facing attrition problems from their pilots and engineers who are jumping ship for other airlines. At this rate KQ will have a significant skills shortage by end of this year. From the beginning of last year till now approximately 25 pilots have resigned...10 of them left to do other things and the rest to the middle east and to our neighbouring upcoming rival airline. Another approximately 20 will be leaving before end of the year to the middle east and 5 to the aforementioned neighbour airline.

The biggest loss is from the engineers. My forecast is that KQ will be unable to do heavy maintenance checks on its aircraft and will have to rely on other airlines(probably KLM) who charge exhorbitant fees.

Unfortunately years and years of mediocre human resource and employee relations in the company have lead to this.

In other jurisdictions bankruptcy offered protection to distressed companies, a case in point is the reorganization of General Motors in 2009 where The United States government-endorsed sale enabled the New General Motors CO Inc. to purchase the continuing operational assets of the old GM https://en.wikipedia.org...apter_11_reorganization
@alotoftalk, if such can work in our context, it would be an easy way out for KQ
@ArrestedDev, talking of staff relations most people note how cocky KQ pilots can be, attitude change is needed if work relations are to improve because they seem to harbor a negative attitude, too rigid / adamant, carrying ego to work and etc unlike other cadres and btw seems most of the negative publicity is originating from within the company….

Do not even refer to General Motors GFC related problems. Look at what happened after 9/11 to airlines in US. The US government came to their rescue by virtue of Chapter 11. I still insist that employee relations have contributed immensely to where KQ is. As @nzalela & @maka puts it, employees in KQ plays their role apart from a few rotten eggs but the management is to blame for the mess.Unless, a clean up is done to restore the confidence of the employees and other stakeholders then the recovery of KQ will be very difficult. Loss of pilots & engineers at such a rate is worrying. There is shortage of pilots all over the world.

@maka, What is the correct position, Is Ngunze exiting by July???

I love this Singapore guy. It's hard for nguze to speak Like him because nguze was an insider before he became ceo.jobs Like that need an outside .you don't make changes from within but you have to be outside to see places to be changed.