The crisis in Air France seems far away – The World

The crisis in Air France seems far away – The World

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Despite the pressure to stop the movement and warnings about the danger faced by Air France in a prosecution, including a new call from the Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, to stop a strike “unbearable” , personal cockpit (NTP) have rejected the latest proposals of the group. The negotiations were suspended in the night from Friday to Saturday with no appointment has been set.

But Saturday night, the main pilot union Transavia France, the low cost subsidiary of the company said in a statement that the PNT Air France would negotiate with the management of the new seniority rules, such as to be a “serious violation” to their interests.

“SINGLE CONTRACT WORK”

In the morning, the National Union of Airline Pilots (SNPL majority) had ensured to have proposed a solution to end the crisis in the pilots were ‘concessions’ : according to him they are on the table for a few days but blocked by Alexandre de Juniac, CEO of Air France-KLM group in which the state holds 16%. In particular, they called for the establishment of a “labor contract single”

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A spokesman for the company, for its part, denounced the “meandering and contradictory positions SNPL” . “There are no firm proposals or draft agreement on the table” he said, sweeping indictment of Mr. Juniac. “We have on the table a plan to end the crisis presented [Friday] balanced, which provides guarantees for pilots and largely responds to concerns while enabling the development of Transavia conditions of low cost” Has he argued. The spokesman stressed that the management is ready to resume negotiations.

NOTICE TO Sept. 30

From September 15, pilots on strike protesting against the conditions of development of the low cost subsidiary of Air France. They have obtained the abandonment of the Transavia Europe, they want guarantees on working conditions at Transavia France. For now, notice the SNPL runs until Tuesday, September 30 inclusive. The SPAF second union representative, also aligned with that date.

According to management, the position of Air France “becomes extremely delicate” , the company lost each day “20 million euros” . Professionals in the sector (airports, tour operators, etc.) have them pointed out that the strike was “catastrophic for the French aviation sector” .