Domestic flight operations were disrupted in Lagos, yesterday, as aviation union members made good their threat to picket Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal II (MMA2), operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL).
• Bi-Courtney flays ‘illegal action’, says sacked 37 workers ‘unproductive’The action, which began at 2:30 a.m., with cordoning of the two access gates into MMA2, caught airlines unawares, disrupting plans scheduled for the day.
The union had described the mass sack of its members as victimisation of comrades demanding implementation of Condition of Service . He said: “Each of those flights not operated runs into N4 million-plus of services that had been paid for by airlines but not used. Those flights are meant to serve other routes beyond Lagos. So, you can understand the huge damage to the entire network of operations and fortunes of the airlines.
Head of Corporate Communications, BASL, Oluwatosin Onalaja, said the picketing started at 2:30 a.m., in alleged violation of industrial and national laws. “This is also an unlawful action. Our relationship is with union members that are our employees and not external members. This is clearly an illegal action and continues to set a bad precedent in Nigeria,” he said.
“The unions are also claiming that we should apply the conditions of service, which we signed in June, 2021, retrospectively. Again, this is contrary to established rules of industrial relations and the laws of Nigeria.
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