Tuesday, September 16, 2014

The strike at Air France is deemed “indecent” by Laurent Berger – Boursier.com

The strike at Air France is deemed "indecent" by Laurent Berger – Boursier.com

(Boursier.com) – More than two flights canceled by Air France on Monday … The National Union of Airline Pilots (SNPL) majority, filed a strike notice one week after today, and the situation could get worse, while the second pilot union, the SPAF calls to stop work from Monday to Thursday. In their sights, the development strategy of Transavia, a subsidiary low-cost airline.

When asked about the strike Monday on RTL, the secretary general of the CFDT, Laurent Berger, the has deemed “indecent.” “The ground staff of the CFDT are frustrated because it’s been two years since the company is in receivership with the efforts of each other, and then the drivers do not want to participate,” said he regretted. “This does not mean that we do not have any questions, questions about the plan Transavia, but what is certain is that there there is a corporatist strike and CFDT does not support it and is disagreement. “

Air France plans to provide 48% of its flights for the first day of movement and 40% of its program tomorrow …” This is a slight improvement compared to our forecasts last night we remain cautious, “said Catherine Jude, center manager control of Air France operations, during a press briefing, confirming a rate of 60% of strikers in pilots.

Air France advises its customers to postpone their trips. To try to limit the impact of the movement on more than 1,000 daily flights operated by the company, it sets up “wherever possible” aircraft with greater capacity, yet Jude said Catherine. The chairman of Air France, Frédéric GAGEY, said Monday on Radio Classique that the movement could cost 10 to 15 million per day if the company had to cancel half of its flights …

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