yet ready to negotiate, but in principle also ready to strike: The pilots of Lufthansa
In the labor dispute between Lufthansa pilots and the company there should be a new trial date on Thursday after the unions. This is clear from a statement of Vereinigung Cockpit of Tuesday evening in Frankfurt. It states: “The VC expected for next Thursday, the 8/28/2014 scheduled negotiations that the Lufthansa management revised its requirements and finally embarks on a serious and honest solution course.”
Until then, was initially unclear whether and when the pilots turn their strike notice in the conflict over the early retirement into action. The Communication puts it simply: “Until an agreement, the VC holds the plans for industrial action upright. We regret any inconvenience to the customers of Lufthansa. “
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A Lufthansa spokeswoman confirmed the appointment. “On Thursday calls are recorded to talk about the further process of the negotiation process,” she said. The Lufthansa pleased by the positive reaction of the cockpit and the fact that the acute strike threat no longer exists. This interpretation contradicted Cockpit spokesman Jörg Handwerg however. “We want an agreement,” said the Handwerg dpa. However, strikes are not ruled on Thursday when they were announced well in advance.
Lufthansa personnel director Bettina Volkens had the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), called the day before to return to the negotiating table and announced a letter to the pilots’ union. About the content initially was not known. Extensive changes to the existing Lufthansa offer but were unlikely.
If strike, then limited strikes
Previously, the Lufthansa pilot had announced that they are planning only limited strikes in the event of a strike. “It will not be compulsory so that we paralyze three days like the last strike in April, Lufthansa,” a spokesman for the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit said on Tuesday. The walkout was relatively easy to deal with for the airline because the flight operations for the period was easily stopped. Instead, considering the cockpit now, in the short term at individual locations – for example, for several hours – to abstain. This means that the disruption to air travelers could be reduced. “We do not want to meet the customers, but the Lufthansa.”
For passengers whose flight is delayed taking to provide alternatives, the pilots’ union will vote to strike timing with the railway unions, are also planning walkouts, said the cockpit speaker. “We do not want to cripple Germany.” The Railway and Transport union (ECG) and the train drivers’ union GDL require the railway wage increases. If the demands are not met, could there soon be on strike.
Plan B Lufthansa
But even if the pilots go on strike only at individual airports such as Frankfurt or Munich, could have far-reaching consequences and jeopardize the tightly scheduled flight plan. And although the beginning of the strike is still unclear, the Lufthansa prepares for all eventualities. In order to maintain air operations, the Lufthansa could go as high capacities at subsidiaries or send their own manager with a pilot’s license in the cockpit, said a group spokesperson. The demand for pilots is large: Daily start worldwide in 1600 flyer with the crane logo
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In April, the pilots had demonstrated their power and stopped work for three days – a total of 425,000 Lufthansa passengers were affected. Because of the largest strikes in the history of the crane airline underlined then 3800 flights. The decrease in profits for the Frankfurt Group amounted to 60 million euros. The pilots’ union insists on more money and especially the maintenance of internal early retirement. The Lufthansa holds the claims in view of the fierce competition between airlines for not affordable.
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