This, even as KQ management remains at loggerhead with the Kenya Airline Pilots Association (KALPA), which has accused the top management of using Covid-19 as a “scapegoat”, despite losses at the airline dating more than four years ago. KALPA General Secretary and CEO Captain Murithi Nyagah last week accused the airline’s management of 'playing dirty' in termination of contracts, where 22 pilots have already been sent home. Ethiopia Airlines is currently flying to more than 40 destinations, mainly cargo, despite Covid-19 affecting global travel. Air Rwanda on the other side has not laid off but sent home part of its staff on unpaid leave. They should be at home and allow people who understand modern dynamics to take over,” COTU Secretary general Francis Atwoli said last week.

Source: The Star July 13, 2020 00:56 UTC