Saturday, September 27, 2014

Air France plans to provide 45% of flights Sunday – Le Parisien

Air France plans to provide 45% of flights Sunday – Le Parisien

<- Hard dé e: 0.01439094543457 sec -> On the thirteenth day of strike by Air France pilots SNPL, negotiations are still deadlocked Saturday. No prospect of ending the crisis is emerging after the refusal of the government and the leadership of the group to appoint a mediator, condition set by the pilots to end their movement.
                 
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A flight on Saturday assured two less Sunday

If a slight improvement is noticeable Saturday at airports compared to the previous day, with an airplane on average two stuck on the tarmac, traffic is still disrupted with 78% of flights to Marseille or deleted 67% in Montpellier. No improvement in perspective for Sunday. The company plans to provide 45% of its flights because the number of operated by its subsidiary Hop links! is lower compared to other days of the week. The rate of pilot strike is estimated at 54% for the day Sunday, compared with 57% on Saturday, according to management estimates. The company advises new customers who booked a flight between 15 and 30 September to postpone their trip or change their tickets free of charge.

Two contracts offered to drivers

For the moment, the situation seems fixed. And this, despite pressure to stop the movement, including the new call of Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, to stop a “unbearable” strike. Management has agreed to withdraw the draft Transavia Europe. She asks in return to pilots on Transavia to comply “with the operating conditions and remuneration of Transavia France to ensure the competitiveness of the latter and its development as a complement to the Air France network.” It offers drivers two contracts. Volunteer pilots of Air France could go work for Transavia France. This would allow them to continue their careers in the low-cost while preserving a number of advantages.

Considering that it “does not address the concerns of the profession,” the National Union of Airline Pilots (SNPL majority) is concerned that the Air France status (benefits to the works council, health coverage, recovery time between flights) disappears gradually and that Transavia become the rule

The head of Air France -. KLM accused by the SNPL of sabotaging negotiations

On the morning of Saturday, SNPL said that the pilots offered to make “concessions” for several days. And accusing Alexander Juniac, CEO of Air France – KLM, had “sabotaged” the negotiations. “An alternative procedure is on the table for three days, which received the approval of all parties except Alexander Juniac” says William Schmid, spokesman of the union. He said that “the pilots were large concessions by accepting working conditions of Transavia, but asked in return a single employment contract.”

A defendant “rather curious “

Still, for the management of Air France, there is no proposal or concession on the part of the pilots strike. It considers the positions of SNPL “sinuous and contradictory.” In addition, “the questioning of Alexandre de Juniac is absolutely false and rather curious,” replied the voice of the company. “We have on the table a plan to end the crisis yesterday (Friday) that is balanced and provides guarantees for pilots and largely responds to concerns,” said the spokesman. The situation of the company is “extremely difficult” Has he said, asserting that “the door to the negotiating room is open day and night”

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