Singapore Air may ask pilots to take unpaid leave: report

Reuters, 30 Dec 2008, Melanie Lee

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore Airlines (SIAL.SI), the world's largest carrier by market value, may ask its pilots from its cargo arm to take unpaid leave in a bid to cut costs and reduce capacity, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Singapore Air told the Business Times that it was already in talks with pilots from its cargo fleet about implementing the cost cutting measures as a way to avoid retrenchments.

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