What is in the pilots' agreement?

The agreement between Air Mauritius and the Mauritius Airline Pilots' Association replaced most of the 2018 agreement, which the airline could no longer afford, and settled a case before the Employment Relations Tribunal. According to Le Mauricien, pilots receive a flight service allowance per flying hour at an agreed rate, including simulator training but not licence renewal hours, and instructors receive a monthly allowance by aircraft type and rank. Overtime depends on aircraft type, starting after 65 flying hours on the ATR, and pilots made redundant receive three months of basic salary plus a pro rata year-end bonus. The agreement also provides a year-end gratuity of 25 per cent of salary, subject to specific conditions and backdated to July to December 2022, and a monthly allowance of Rs 30,000 for pilots on the common contract.1

What happened to pay during the crisis?

In July 2020, Air Mauritius staff accepted a pay cut of about 33 per cent, after the administrator had first asked for 50 per cent, union negotiator Ivor Tan Yan said at a press meeting attended by the pilots' association among other unions. A binding deal between the administrators and the pilots ran from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2024, and voluntary administration ended on 29 September 2021. In 2021, 18 pilots who had been placed on five years of unpaid leave were offered reinstatement from 1 November.134

Did pilots get a pay rise in 2024?

In September 2024 management sent all unions the same proposal with no increase in basic salary, which a union representative called a first in the airline's history. The unions set a deadline of 20 September for a new offer and asked for the performance bonus system to be separated from pay rises.2

Is Air Mauritius hiring pilots?

In July 2025 the airline took on twelve new first officers for the ATR72 under its Mauritian pilot development programme, MPDP 2025. It had aimed to recruit 28 licensed pilots, but the selection firm Interpersonal GmbH judged only twelve of the 73 candidates to be at the required level.5