Air France pilots raise their strike – Le Parisien

Air France pilots raise their strike – Le Parisien

<- Hard dé e: 0.031069993972778 sec -> After fourteen days of strike at Air France, the major pilots union (SNPL) announced Sunday morning the end of the movement, despite the lack of agreement. “The conditions of social dialogue are not met today, we decided to take our responsibilities in raising the strike,” said William Schmid, spokesman of the union, adding desire to “continue discussions in a more serene. ”
                  <- hard dé e: 0.046128034591675 sec -> Prime Minister Manuel Valls Sunday welcomed the announcement but also “firm line of the government” in this case

drivers. been on strike for two weeks to get a single contract for Air France pilots and Transavia, the low cost subsidiary, become a strategic issue.

A new negotiation began on Saturday evening between management and front drivers be completed by 4:00. Management has maintained its “crisis plan” filed Friday. She

confirmed the abandonment of the Transavia Europe but plans to maintain the employment of pilots “to the operating conditions and remuneration of Transavia France”, “to ensure the competitiveness of the latter and its development as a complement to the Air France network. ” Drivers, themselves, asking a single contract for pilots operating in the two companies. The SNPL wanted to preserve the status Air France (benefits to the works council, health coverage, recovery time between flights) fearing that the status of Transavia become the rule in the years to come.

For passengers, a return to normalcy will be gradual Monday and most likely Tuesday.

In the meantime, the movement of the pilot has been the longest ever known by the Air France-KLM group, owned 16% by the state will leave traces. With a loss of 20 million euros per day, Air France whose accounts were ironed in the green in 2013 may again see fiscal year 2014 in the red.