FAQ
kapers comes from Kabinenpersonal, so it means cabin personnel.
kapers is the only union for cabin crew members in Switzerland. kapers takes care of the interests of all cabin crew members. As a social partner of Swiss kapers negotiates collective working agreements for cabin crews of Swiss Int. Airlines.
At present kapers has about 2.700 members. They are employees (CCM) of Swiss, Belair (Air Berlin), Comlux, Darvin, Easy Jet, Helvetic, and Privat Air. [more]
Print out our entry form, fill it in, sign it, and send it to kapers. Please, carefully read the bye-laws first. [more]
CHF 12.50 per month for active members (CHF 150 per calendar year).
Although pilots and cabin crew members might face similar problems they form separate unions. The job description of a cabin crew member has changed a lot. Whereas women used to work in the cabin only and men were supposed to take care of the galleys, cabin crew members of today are on equal terms. Their career possibilities however are different from those of the pilots. In order to be able to adjust to the constantly changing needs in a most professional way a different organisation is necessary. Nevertheless kapers works closely with both pilot unions Aeropers and IPG. [more]
Since 1971. At that time the two associations Vereine der Swissair Hostessen (VDSH) und Swissair Stewards (VDSS) joined forces. Today kapers is a regular member of the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) and collaborates closely with partner unions nationally as well as internationally.
CWA are usually time limited and have to be re-negotiated again. A CWA regulates the minimum salary, labour hours, vacation entitlement, right of determination of employees and much more of a specific field of business. Within the collective working agreements for Swiss cabin crews men and women are on equal terms. The collective working agreement for cabin crew members and pilots alike is even more important as the flying personnel is not protected by the labour law. [more]
The labour law stipulates minimum requirements about health protection of the employee, about the working hours and rest times as well as special protective measures for certain groups of employees. The Swiss Federal Council decided in 1960 that the work of the flying personnel was mostly determined by international regulations. Therefore the federal government of the period deemed that the specifications in aviation should basically be standardised and organised on international level. Thanks to the partial revision of the aviation law, the flying personnel is now partly protected by the health protection of the labour law.
Every company in the aviation of an European country has to respect the EU-OPS. The EU-OPS is binding law. Therein for example the maximum flight time and duty time of cabin crews and pilots are stipulated, also the minimum free days employees need, entitlement of breaks, etc. Often airlines state further, internal regulations that go beyond the EU-OPS requirements. [more]
kapers Cabin Crew Union - Dorfstrasse 29a - CH-8302 Kloten
Web: kapers.ch - Mail: info@kapers.ch
Phone: ++41 (0)43 2 555 777
Opening Hours Office
MO-TH: 09:00 - 12:00 / 13:30 - 16:00
FR: 09:00 - 12:00
