Monday, September 29, 2014

Flight cancellations: Lufthansa pilots strike on Tuesday again – ABC Online

Flight cancellations: Lufthansa pilots strike on Tuesday again – ABC Online

Monday, 09.29.2014, 08:04
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The Lufthansa pilots want to again go on strike on Tuesday. Be a strike long haul flights at Frankfurt airport – from 8.00 bis 23.00 clock. One end of the collective dispute is not in sight.

affected are departures with the aircraft types A380, B747, A330 and A340, said the union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) . The Lufthansa management had still not presented a compromise competitive offer.

The Trade Union of pilots had been able to last week in the labor dispute achieve again no agreement with Lufthansa and therefore further strikes not ruled out.

The wage dispute at Lufthansa is stuck. He turns primarily on the supply of approximately 5400 pilots during the transition to retirement

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In addition, Lufthansa is considering saving reasons the use of external drivers on long journeys. A first attempt would airline CEO Carsten Spohr start from November 2015 at the new Affordable offshoot called Jump, reported the "mirror". Machines of the type Airbus A340 would be awarded to the Swiss airline PrivateAir and leased back together with Swiss federal cockpit personnel. This fraction of a decades-old tradition consolidated tourist destinations such as Las Vegas or Mauritius could be approached - and costs.

A Lufthansa spokeswoman said: "It is right that we examine alternative Bereederungsmöglichkeiten for our 14 Airbus 340-300." Further details can not be called.

VC spokesman Handwerg confirmed that the proposed step is not contrary to applicable collective agreements. However, customers could no longer rely on a Lufthansa cockpit actually were sitting Lufthansa pilots. That would be a novelty, Handwerg said. "We regret that so doing."

Video: The first flight of the Airbus A320 neo

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