The resources obtained were also used to maintain two labor lawsuits that they have before the Federal Board of Conciliation and Arbitration and an investigation folder before the prosecution, derived from the irregularities that led to the bankruptcy of the airline.
“The eviction action carried out today leaves us in a totally defenseless state, without resources to support our colleagues and resources to maintain the legal fight,” the association said in the document.
Formerly the president Andrés Manuel López Obrador had expressed his support for the liquidation of former employees of Mexicana de Aviación. In August 2019, he said he intended to “acquire” the airline, which has some real and personal property, such as a building in Guadalajara and offices in the Cuauhtémoc mayor’s office.
Even by November of that year, a group of workers said they were in a position to help create a new airline.
By 2021, the possibility arose of forming a cooperative for the return of Mexicana de Aviación; however, the proposal convinced very few former workers, since most were already retired or in other companies.
A few days ago, José Humberto Gual, press secretary of the Trade Union Association of Aviator Pilots (ASPA) of Mexico, said that they were seeking to liquidate the workers, but not to lift the airline.
“We call on the president to turn around and see us, since we have owed his campaign promise regarding solving our issue and not allowing the law to be twisted to our detriment,” concludes the AJTEAM statement.