Pilots pay to exit work contract

SHANGHAI: Thirteen pilots who resigned from their jobs must pay a total of 25.9 million yuan ($3.8 million) to China Eastern Airlines (CEA).

The Intermediate People's Court in Lanzhou, capital of northwestern China's Gansu province, ordered the six co-pilots to each pay 2.1 million yuan and seven captains to pay 1.9 million yuan to their former employer.

The compensation is almost 29 million yuan less than the sum demanded by CEA during the first hearing in October last year.