“No plans”, but growing concerns about restructuring … Hanjin about evolution

Private pilots association “No integrated reality without restructuring”
Korean Air “Contract not to restructure the workforce … Resolve through the diversification of route times and destinations”

[아시아경제 유제훈 기자] As Korean Air begins its acquisition of Asiana Airlines, concerns about “workforce restructuring” grow. Hanjin Group is drawing a line that says “There is no restructuring”, but it is an ever-changing aspect in response to the growing backlash.

According to industry sources on the 21st, KDB Development Bank and Hanjin Group estimate that Korean Air and Asiana Airlines have an overlap of around 800 people. Hanjin Group explained that it is 2.8% of the combined workforce (28,000 people) of both companies, which can be covered by natural reductions due to retirement upon retirement.

The president of the Hanjin group, Cho Won-tae, also phoned directly. He met with reporters after attending the award ceremony for the late president Yang-ho Cho of the Korean-American business meeting held at the FKI hall on the 17th and said, “There is no restructuring plan. “. If you think about it, you can fully use (duplicate workforce). “

However, there are many questions in the industry about the possibility of normalizing management without restructuring. Due to the characteristics of Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, which are equally large airlines, most areas such as flight, cabin crew, maintenance and general workers overlap.

In particular, the two companies include three low-cost airlines (LCC) such as Jin Air, Air Busan and Air Seoul, ground handling subsidiaries (Korea Airport, Asiana Airport), IT subsidiaries (Hanjin Information & Communication, Asiana IDT) and check out CRS (Topaz). It also has similar branches such as Travel Information and Asiana Saver). Since these are also medium- and long-term goals for integration, the problem of overlapping the workforce is inevitably in question.

The Korea Civil Aviation Pilots Association released a statement the day before and said: “With more than half of the aviation personnel still on leave, the integration of Korean Air, Asiana Airlines, Jin Air, Air Busan and Air Seoul without renovations is a reality. “I also pointed out.

As restructuring concerns are growing, the Hanjin Group is also actively evolving. After President Cho directly defined the line: “There is no restructuring plan,” Korean Air President Woo Ki-hong also met with reporters immediately after attending the meeting of the Chamber of Tourism Industry Committee. Korean trade the previous day to read public opinion.

President Woo said, “We have never been more critical of Corona 19, but Korean Air has never undergone any artificial refurbishment in its 51-year history, and will continue to do so,” Woo said. “We have decided not to restructure Asiana Airlines and its subsidiaries. She said,” I have included (related details) in the contract. “

Despite the demand that manpower restructuring is not triggered by route restructuring, he stressed: “As there is virtually no manpower restructuring, we will make a plan to retain manpower in various ways, such as time zone, destination and equipment readjustment rather than to unify the routes.

Reporter Yoo Je-hoon [email protected]