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January 17, 2011 - Eight (8) flight pursers of
Philippine Airlines (PAL) will be retired by the airline
management effective January 16, 2011 after a
A
flight purser is someone that usually oversees the
flight attendants. Like a supervisor. The flight purser
is very much like a flight attendant, that is insuring
and assisting passengers are served refreshments,
luggage properly stored, passengers are briefed on
aircraft safety, etc. A flight purser typically has a
longer tenure, with an airline for several years,
normally earns a
higher salary than flight attendants because of the
added responsibilities. PAL Vice President for Human Resources Jose SL Uybarreta said the flight pursers were informed of their retirement shortly after Judge Oscar Pimentel of the Makati Regional Trial Court?s Branch 147 lifted an injunction order which earlier barred the airline from enforcing a provision of their 2000-2005 Collective Bargaining Agreement pegging at 55 the retirement age of female flight attendants hired before November 22, 1996. |
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To be
affected by the retirement order are the following flight
pursers: Yvette
Grant, Vina Sanchez, Cora Mislang, Irma Bituin, Cristina
Mendoza, Evangeline Bocobo, Mooning Noel and Maria Afable.
However,
the judge required PAL to post a P5-million counter-injunction
bond to answer for any or all damages the flight attendants may
sustain if the Court later determines that PAL is not entitled
to the lifting of said injunction order.
?The DOLE ruling on the FASAP case is not yet final and executory as PAL is seeking reconsideration of the same. Pending a final determination of the real mandatory retirement age, it is PAL?s position that the current retirement age brackets as outlined in the existing CBAs between PAL and FASAP should prevail,? he stressed. |