Air France strike: no loss of pay for executives … – Le Point

Air France strike: no loss of pay for executives … – Le Point

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In this pilot strike of Air France, the longest since that of 1998 several controversies arose on the method of calculating the percentage of striking pilots, therefore canceled flights. The staff of the National Union of Airline Pilots (SNPL) would he not unintentionally distort the numbers? Indeed, its leaders have not been accounted for as strikers since, according to several intersections, they were almost never reported on sick leave from the company. They avoided the related financial penalties deducted from their wages. No small profit even when we lost nearly 300 million euros to his employer.

A day of strike for a pilot results on the sheet by monthly payroll deduction of one-thirtieth of the fixed salary but mainly by eliminating premiums at the time of flight which represent 75% salary. As with any private company, union representatives are entitled to days of delegation. They are paid – and very well at Air France – since the package credits applied 6 hours of flight per day, or 105 hours per month, which also corresponds to higher salaries for flight company, order 28 000 euros monthly.

Maximum optimization

Leaders SNPL Air France have used all the tricks to avoid any shortfall in the conflict. President Jean-Louis Barber, for example, has not filed any day of the strike. It was first reported days of delegation he then canceled. Antony Poilliot, Vice President, combining days when it was not programmed in flight and others posed as a rest, managed to not be debited one day strike. Optimization is maximum at Jean-Julien Marcel, the general secretary, and Francis Désenfant, a former president, who artfully combines vacation and days off. William Schmid, spokesman for the SNPL lucky because the strike is a period of training and he did not have to declare any arrest day.

Ironically, the leaders of the Union of Air France pilots (SPAF), a minority (12% against 72% in the elections for the SNPL) are top players and have all declared their strike days, losing much of their salaries.

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