End of strike at Air France: a conflict that only losers – The World

End of strike at Air France: a conflict that only losers – The World

In this fiasco, everyone loses. Air France, first, that the expected recovery of accounts is seriously compromised by the conflict. To 280 million deadweight due to flight cancellations will be added the substantial compensation for passengers and operators. As for the image of the company, it is severely damaged, for the tens of thousands of French and foreign travelers were left stranded for two weeks.

For drivers, too, is disaster. Buttressed their priviliégié status – 20% to 25% of flight hours less than their European counterparts higher, at a minimum, as in the low-cost airlines hourly cost 40% – they do not have understood that their movement in form and in substance, was not justifiable. Of course, they got the direction renounces the development of Europe Transavia, a low cost subsidiary that would have resulted in the relocation of jobs

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CRISIS YET FAR

But they thought possible to push their advantage by claiming a single employment contract for Air France and Transavia those drivers. This amounted to remove the very interest of the low cost activity, which is the only growing sector of air transport in general and Air France in particular. The refusal ultimately the direction leading to the impasse.

Management itself as the state which owns 17% of Air France were not brilliant in this case, think it possible to push through before procrastinate, to step back and not stop at a farm stand at the end of a conflict that will leave deep scars internally: between management and labor, between Air France and Transavia those between pilots and other staff, aircrew and ground pilots, who, themselves, made serious sacrifices in recent years to achieve the productivity improvements that were required of them.

Rest now out of this crisis. It is far from certain, as demonstrated by the lack of protocol end of conflict and the damage to all its stakeholders: the management of the company and its CEO, Alexander Juniac, weakened; aristocracy pilot is humiliated by his failure so that the words employed extremely severe for him by the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, who called the strike “corporatist” and “selfish” ; other personal finally, who do not intend to be the turkey this conflict.

But it is in the very future of Air France. To stay in the race against competitors at low cost, who cut him cruppers on French and European markets, the French company is bound to be successful reorganization. Everyone should understand that.