Royal Air Maroc Begins Pilot Layoffs Amid Economic Restructuring

The correspondence addressed to the laid-off pilots indicates that the governor of Hay Hassani made her decision on August 18. A decision that came five days after the meeting of the regional commission responsible for ruling on the request for authorization of layoffs. The airline had filed this request with the prefectural delegation of the Ministry of Labor.

If some captains and line pilots have already received layoff letters, this is not the case for the cabin crew (flight attendants) or ground staff. This is what a member of the trade union office affiliated with the Moroccan Union of Labor (UMT) told Le360.

According to RAM’s draft economic redundancy plan, 140 employees will be laid off: 65 in the technical flight crew, 59 among the commercial flight crew and 16 in the ground staff.