TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - State-owned airline Garuda Indonesia Corporate Secretary Henki Heriandono responded the demand pointed out by Garuda Employee Union (Sekarga) on replacing the director of human resources. He considered the requests as the worker’s right.
Henki stated the determination on the structure board of Garuda Indonesia is on the hand of the shareholders and Ministry of State-owned Enterprises by considering the current business challenges and adjusting the business volume that gradullay increase in accordance to the expansion run by the company.
Henki explained the employee began to make the demand following the company's loss valued at US$213,389,678 in 2017 which they deemed due to the directors failed in the management.
According to him, Garuda Indonesia succeeded in suppressing the loss trend from US$99.1 million in the Q1 to US$38.9 million in Q2 of 2017. In addition, the operational revenue was booked at US$61.9 million in the Q3 of 2017. “The value increased by 216.1 percent compared to the same period in the previous year,” Henki said.
Earlier, Sekarga demanded a mediation between the airline management and the employee. Sekarga chairman Ahmad Irfan Nasution mentioned there are three internal problems that beset the customers’ service. “They are operational, finance, and industrial partnership,” he said.
Meanwhile, Corporate Affairs of Garuda Pilot Association Capt. Eric Ferdinand stated the employees urged the demands because they assessed several directors of Garuda Indonesia did not acknowledge the company problem. He added some 1,500 pilots would go on strike if the demand is not heeded.
CHITRA PARAMAESTI
