LOT considers cutting salaries in order to save jobs

The management of LOT Polish Airlines is considering a cut in staff salaries, as a way of limiting the extent of planned lay-offs. LOT had earlier announced that 700 workers would lose their jobs as part of a cost-cutting program. But now the number of redundancies may be reduced to 300. Company spokesman Leszek Chorzewski said that LOT was ready to consider any proposal for cutting costs, and that the plan to reduce salaries would help many people to keep their jobs. Unions representing pilots and cabin staff have agreed to the temporary pay cut, which averages around 15%, but insist that any job losses should involve workers at LOT's subsidiaries, and its administrative staff. Of the total LOT workforce of 4,300, around 1,400 are pilots and cabin staff. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) A.K.