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The social plan of Royal Air Maroc following the biggest crisis in its history is struggling to pass. The CEO, Abdelhamid Addou, manager with leadership weakened by internal challenges, would play big in this operation with important social dimensions. The austerity plan intends to obtain the departure of 750 employees including 150 pilots and recover cash by selling part of its assets.
Reacting to this post covid-19 measure, the Moroccan Association of Airline Pilots (AMPL) accuses the CEO of Royal Air Maroc of mortgaging the company’s future: “In the medium term, the resumption of the same level of activity, being planned for the year 2023, does it require to part with its work tool by selling the planes and to sacrifice its skills by laying off its staff? ”Asks the AMPL in a press release dated July 20, 2020. Only around thirty pilots would agree to leave the company under the conditions set.
With the loss of 98% of its turnover, the Moroccan company nevertheless falls within the criteria defined to proceed with a social plan, accepted by the State for any company which would suffer a loss of 50% of its turnover. . As a reminder, the social plan of RAM was announced on June 9 by the Minister of Tourism, Crafts, Air Transport and Social Economy, Nadia Fettah Alaoui in front of parliament. The company will receive 6 billion dirhams (600 million euros) from the state. In post since February 2016, Abdelhamid Addou will very quickly reassure the State and the staff of his ability to make the RAM take altitude. Delicate maneuver.
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