Black Monday in perspective in French airports. The call for the strike by Air France pilots led the national carrier to cancel six flights out of ten. And the situation could be “worse” Tuesday and Wednesday, the largest union warns.
“Air France plans to provide 40% of its flights for the day of September 15, 2014, given a Pilots strike rate estimated at 60% for this day, “the company said Saturday in a statement. The SNPL (majority) called for indefinite strike from September 15 to 22. The SPAF second union, and Alter (unrepresentative) until 18.
The company therefore recommends “again to customers who booked a flight between 15 and 22 September to postpone their trip or change their tickets at no cost. ” “If the social movement continued beyond September 15, the flight schedule will be adjusted accordingly. Potential impacts will be communicated to affected customers on the eve of departure. Nevertheless disruptions and delays can not be ruled out,” said t it.
“You can imagine that it will be even worse on Tuesday and I think Wednesday blocked”, has meanwhile estimated to AFP the president of AF SNPL Alpa, Jean -Louis Barber, explaining that Air France uses the first day of the strike pilot mentoring for flights, pilots will be forced to rest a few days. If the strike is expected to last one week, it would be the longest conflict led by Air France pilot since 1998.
opposed to the development of Transavia
The CEO The company, Frederic GAGEY, which amounts to “10 to 15 million” euros a day the cost of the strike, said Saturday that talks with the unions were continuing this weekend to find a solution to conflict. “We do everything now with the social partners to try to find a way out of the situation,” he said on France Inter
opposed to development conditions of the low-cost airline group, Transavia, the three pilot organizations have been engaged for several weeks a standoff with management. The subsidiary is the cornerstone of the new strategic plan “Perform 2020″ AF-KLM to respond to competition from low-cost airlines.
When the future seems sealed for Air France pilots , overstaffed (a voluntary redundancy scheme was opened in August 3760 on 200 pilots), the group draws for Transavia bright prospects: an increase of the fleet in France from 14 to 37 aircraft in five years and in Europe for new bases in 2015, but with pilot local contract
But the CEO of Air France was firm Saturday. draft direction, “is growth to Air France is more jobs for Air France, we think this is a promising project, “” keep Transavia with a fleet of 14 aircraft, it’s a solution I can not subject myself ” Has he warned.
Management wants the standoff
Jean-Louis Barber, the SNPL, “despite the good intentions expressed Officer, c ‘ is a dialogue of the deaf “. “Until the philosophy of management remain the relocation of our jobs, we can not get out of this situation,” puts it on hold
A shared by the president of SPAF, Fabrice Cueille analysis.: “Communication is not cut off, but it seems that management wants to try to go after the standoff,” he said.
The CEO of Air France-KLM, Alexander Juniac, has this week rejected their main demand: a single contract for the pilots to the current conditions of Air France for all aircraft with more than 100/110 seats, regardless of the company Air France (Air France, Hop !, Transavia.)
To take advantage of the conflict, the Air low-cost airline easyJet is selling Saturday 1,000 additional places from Paris to Toulouse and Nice.
(With AFP)
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