The punishment meted out to El Al Captain Uri Barlev, who violated security instructions permitting a security man to be in his cockpit when two terrorists attempted to hijack an El Al plane on Sept. 6, will be reviewed by a new committee in which aircrew representatives will participate, plus a representative of Capt. Barlev. That was the agreement reached between the aircrew committee and El Al management after El Al crewmen decided to disregard the punishment against Capt. Barlev as it had been adopted without their participation on the committee, in violation of standing labor agreement procedure. The airmens’ committee said it was not against punishment as such. El Al pilots threatened last week to strike unless the company rescinded the temporary demotion of Capt. Barlev. He has been reduced in rank for the period of one month on charges of negligence brought by a special committee investigating the circumstances of the hijack attempt.
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