We expect companies will not be able to pay 100 per cent of salaries since the lockdown started due to prevailing conditions. Some paid 100 per cent salaries in March, some paid only 60 per cent, thereafter some paid nothing and so for the past two months most pilots in Nigeria have not been paid a dime except Aero Contractors. I think Arik also paid a certain percentage of less than 50 per cent to staff that is for health and occupational safety. “For job security, airlines have to ensure the welfare of their staff, because it is not profitable for you to lay off your good staff. Other companies who paid in the region of 70 per cent are airlines that are involved in the oil and gas, Bristow for one is one of those able airlines.”NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 11, 2020 15:56 UTC