Iberia Urges ’Irresponsible’ Pilots to Join Job-Cuts Accord

British Airways parent IAG has yet to win backing from pilots at Iberia for a turnaround plan that includes 3,140 job cuts at the Spanish subsidiary, after union representatives joined management in signing off on the accord.

Unions representing the majority of Iberia’s employees have agreed to accept the proposal, IAG said in a statement today. With 93 percent of the workforce supporting the deal, IAG remains at odds only with the Sepla pilot union, a brewing conflict that Madrid-based Iberia called “irresponsible.”