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Supermarket www.spar.com.mt Order Online At: SUNDAY • 26 APRIL 2020 • ISSUE 1069 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY maltatoday PAGE 3 Pilots want early retirement at 50 MATTHEW VELLA AIR Malta pilots are doubling down on their demands with the national airline, requesting a handsome early retirement pack- age for pilots over the age of 50, while being in talks to ward off mass redundancies. The Department of Industrial and Employment Relations re- portedly consented to Air Mal- ta's plans to make 108 of some 134 pilots redundant, after pi- lots union ALPA originally re- fused a radical pay cut of their take-home pay to just €1,200 a month when the coronavirus pandemic shut down the tour- ism industry. STAY IN, STAY SAFE, WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER WWW.MALTATODAY.COM.MT/COVID19 Never before has your support of free and independent journalism been so crucial SUBSCRIBE maltatoday.com.mt/maltatodaydigitaledition Retail outlets will stay shut SAVIOUR BALZAN HEALTH authorities have told ministers a premature relaxation of COVID-19 lock- down measures could lead to a resurgence of the virus, de- spite a low number of active cases. The warning was made to ministers this week in an ap- peal not to relax measures for more retail outlets to open. Discussions in Cabinet in- dicated that a relaxation of the COVID-19 precaution- ary measures could lead to the revision of operations schedules at Mater Dei Hos- pital and for other medical interventions. But the mixed messages of hope from the government amid lower infection rates and faster recoveries were interpreted as an indication that small businesses could be returning to some nor- mality within weeks. Health experts warn ministers against temptation to lift lockdown measures €1.95 COVID-19 Fourth death in Malta After refusing pay-cut and now facing redundancies, pilots' union wants to have members pensioned off at 50 with salary that could be at least €50,000 a year PAGES 14-15 Soft lockdown can prevent second wave ALPA officials John de Carlo and Capt. James Fenech signing the 2018 collective agreement with Air Malta. Despite redundancies due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they want early retirement schemes in that agreement extended Are we losing our humanity? One psychologist's concerns MT2