The National Coordination of Trainee Pilots to Moroccan airline “Royal Air Maroc” (RAM) are accusing the carrier of over 2 years of “unlawful suspension from the profession” without any financial compensation, or prospects of reinstatement.
The coordination says RAM has suspended the trainee pilots for over 2 years now, with no financial compensation or social coverage.
According to the coordination, “RAM promised to reintegrate the pilots once the Moroccan air space will be open again, and once the airline’s activity will relaunch as normal,” following the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic back in 2020.
“Since then, the trainee pilots have remained undeclared, unregistered, with no contract prospects from the carrier, and still have to repay debts of their training to banks,” read a statement from the coordination.
RAM trainee pilots were required to “take out a MAD 1,6 million loan each, which was supposed to be repaid in installments from their salaries for a duration of 10 years, once they would be integrated into the RAM permanent personnel,” explains the coordination.
But after two years of “silence” from the carrier, banks are now requiring the trainees to start paying back their training loans, despite not being employed and not having any source of income.
RAM has since threatened to sue the trainee pilots for “refusing to sign different contracts with other airline service providers,” but the pilot maintains that they want RAM to fulfill its promise to the pilots, by integrating them into the national carrier.
The Coordination is reiterating its “full readiness to concede on a number of issues with RAM, until the carrier gets back on its feet and recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic effects, only asking to be integrated as promised under the initial contracts suggested by the carrier.”
“It is unfortunate to see that although RAM is preparing a massive relaunch now that the borders have opened again, with complete disregard to our cause,” said the coordination.
As of this date, a total of 105 RAM trainee pilots are still waiting to be reintegrated.
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