<- Hard dé e: 0.02591609954834 sec -> The standoff between management and pilots is still hard to Air France. The National Union of Airline Pilots (SNPL) rejected on Monday, the proposal of the management of the airline to suspend until December the development project of its low cost subsidiary Transavia, the heart of the air war for eight days.
Several unions defending other categories of Air France staff associated with it. A “heart-cons”, the CEO of Air France KML recognized in the evening that if he failed to reach a satisfactory agreement with the unions, he would give the project much maligned by unions.
The pilots reject the agreement and radicalized their position. “The movement continued for the whole week,” confirmed Jean-Louis Barber, president of the union SNPL Alpa AF, during a press conference . “We now ask the simple withdrawal of the draft Transavia Europe,” Air France offered only to suspend. According to the union official, the proposal is “a trick to best revive the project in January, because management believes that the pilots did not dare to strike at Christmas.” “Every day since the conflict began, Air France multiplies provocations”, further said Jean-Louis Barber, believing that Alexander Juniac, CEO of Air France -. KML had “finally lost the confidence of pilots”
The other categories of staff joining the revolt. New source of concern for the management of Air France, no fewer than eight unions in the group who are now associated with this revolt against management. In a statement released in the early evening, the three pilot unions, AF SNPL Alpa, SPAF and Alter, but also five other unions representing the various categories of staff, the CGT, the SNPNC-FO, the UNAC, Unsa and SUD-Air, ask “the unconditional withdrawal of Transavia Europe project, synonymous with offshoring of our jobs.”
A government mediation? Earlier in the day, the pilots had already said ulcerated by the caution of Alexander Juniac, who warned that in case of refusal of unions, it would be “forced to terminate the Agreement creation Transavia France, “which limits the fleet low cost and oversees the posting of volunteer pilots of Air France (with the payment of premiums). In his press conference at the end of the afternoon, Jean-Louis Barber has again called for the mediation of the Prime Minister to remove the conflict of the impasse. A few minutes earlier, however, Manuel Valls had described the management proposals “reasonable” and called on drivers to the “end of the strike.”
VIDEO. Manuel Valls called at the end of the strike at Air France
Sufficient gesture by the Air France management. In the morning, the CEO of the AF-KLM Alexander Juniac thought the deadlock with a “final offer” means the suspension until the end of the project to establish new bases in Europe Transavia while accelerating its development in France. In vain. “We hope to start the project, even if the moment is not the consent of the employees,” said Alexander Juniac after the rejection of the unions, but recognized “a significant weakening of the industrial project Transavia in Europe” . “I think we did a very balanced and positive offer, if the SNPL not change my mind, their position is inexplicable, the movement is without grounds”, he has decided. Management believes that “if organizations do not join the pilot project in the economically and socially acceptable terms that were offered to them, it will be forced to initiate the process of termination of the agreement establishing Transavia France” signed in 2007
Air France will not go into force. “If we do not reach a satisfactory agreement and dialogue, we will be forced to stop. I will do the heavy heart, “conceded Alexander Juniac on the set of 20 M France 2 But has he, however nuanced,” it would be too early “to talk about withdrawal from the project.” We hope to convince, we hope to achieve in the negotiations on the scope of Transavia. If we do not succeed, we will stop this project, really against heart because it is a project that consolidates Transavia France, Transavia Holland consolidating, “said he said.
VIDEO. The CEO of Air France KLM believes that “the strike is without cause”
The enormous cost of the strike. According to Air France, the daily losses because of the conflict amounted to 20 million euros and will be forced to revise its forecasts of financial results in 2014 “after the end of conflict.” At these operating losses will be added “disastrous consequences for customers, employees and finances of the company,” says management. “With what we have already lost, we could have bought four medium-haul aircraft,” said Alexander Juniac the “World.” Nevertheless, management intends to open discussions on its restructuring plan as early as next Perform 2020 Central Works Council (CEC) planned for September 25.
The strike is expected to continue . . On the movement itself, according to our information, the SNPL could file a new notice of strike until October 4. According to our information, the second union involved in the standoff with the management of Air France, SPAF (Pilots Union of Air France), is preparing to file also a strike, through the voice of its president Fabrice Queille to prolong the movement until September 26.
In the sky, the situation was complicated Monday for passengers, with 42% of Flights on average. The main black spots were in the South: 90% cancellations in Marseille, Toulouse 78% to 75% in Nice, while 60% of flights were removed in Lyon and 30% in Nantes. In the Paris airports, just over half of the aircraft are still remained on the ground, and even two-thirds of long-haul flights at Roissy.
For Tuesday, the company expects a slight improvement, with 48% of flights operated and a strike rate of 57% (against 65% Monday).
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