(PHOTO ILLUSTRATION) The CEO of Air France, Frédéric Gagey, said more than “40 million euros” the impact of the four-day strike of the company’s drivers. (AFP / THOMAS SAMSON)
A meeting “by the end of the week for a resumption of dialogue in a context that is not a strike of context” will be offered to unions , added the CEO of Air France indicating that the company has “managed to keep 80% of flights.” He felt it was a “loser strike for Air France”.
“I think that more than 40 million, but the final figures will be published during the first half results “has he added in a telephone interview stating that he” should also be seen what impact the long term, that is to say how fast customers coming back. ” “40 million is (the cost of) a plane and half in medium-haul, that’s a lot of money,” he said.
Returning to the issue of sharing of long-haul activity between Air France and KLM at the heart of the conflict between pilots and management, Mr. Gagey reiterated that “there are some requests that can not be discussed in the current period when the expected arrival of Jean-Marc Janaillac “, the new CEO of Air France-KLM group who will succeed Alexander Juniac July 4.
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in response to criticisms of unions, he said that management had “absolutely not practiced the empty chair”. The unions were surprised Friday that the CEO does not grant a priority to the resumption of negotiations to lift the strike. “We have been criticized for having during the past weekend time to employees who were working to try to limit the impact of this movement. In these times, there it is important that management be present to employees who displayed the power to limit the impact on passengers, “he said.
however, there have been contacts during the weekend, Saturday HRD Air France Gilles Gateau has called direction SNPL said Mr. Gagey.
The CEO regretted holding this strike “while Air France has done (in 2015) not a real recovery. Last year the results of the two companies (Air France and KLM) were comparable, which had not happened for a long time, “he added. “It’s a losing strike for Air France. I understand this need to express the ambitions, the need for growth, but it is not (…) limiting the financial capacity of the company that promotes potential ambition for Air France, “he said.
The unions representing pilots at Air France on Thursday rejected a new protocol ending conflict provided by management and announced a four-day strike starting Saturday.
On Tuesday evening they said they would decide “in coming days” the follow-up to the movement.
the striking pilots oppose change certain rules of calculation of remuneration decided by management June 1, and want guarantees about the durability of Air France, threatened by their representatives in the development of other subsidiaries of the Air France-KLM (Transavia, Hop and KLM).
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