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Smooth take-off for First Choice Airways' new reward strategy

First Choice Airways has embarked on a change agenda for its pilot workforce that has impacted on nearly every aspect of its total reward offering, ranging from communication practices to work-life balance.


Key points

  • First Choice Airways' pilots form a key employee group, and the company has instigated a far-reaching cultural change and reward programme to encourage their greater engagement and commitment.
  • The new "total reward" strategy covers almost every aspect of the employment experience, ranging from direct communication and consultation practices, to work-life balance opportunities.
  • A new incentive bonus plan aims to encourage greater engagement with the company's goals by incorporating a performance measure of average flying hours for pilots.
  • More opportunity to balance their work and domestic lives is a key concern for the pilot workforce, and a group has been set up to review rostering arrangements and monitor working patterns.
  • A new recognition and partnership agreement between the company and Balpa - that will hopefully be signed off in the near future - underlines the new spirit of joint working at First Choice Airways, and reinforces the new reward offering.