Lufthansa to cancel 800 flights due to pilot strike

Lufthansa will cancel 800 flights on Friday (2 September) after pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit declared a breakdown in negotiations over a pay dispute. The one-day strike will doubtless have an effect on 130,000 passengers departing from airports in Germany.

The VC union, which represents 9,600 members, stated the provider “took benefit” of the negotiation course of after deadlines to offer a “adequate” supply had been revised and the union’s calls for nonetheless not met.

On Wednesday VC union spokesperson, Matthias Baier, stated “negotiations have failed” and “the one factor left for us to do is to strengthen our calls for with a labour dispute”.

“In an effort to avert labour disputes, Lufthansa should current a considerably improved supply,” added Marcel Gröls, chairman of the union’s collective bargaining coverage. “We’re too far aside in the intervening time. Along with compensating for the loss in actual wages, what we now want above all is a future-proof resolution for the remuneration construction in all occupational teams.”

The provider has hit again saying it put ahead a “superb supply” that included a €900 improve in month-to-month base wage for pilots at Lufthansa and Lufthansa Cargo, in addition to a brand new perspective settlement to ensure pilots a minimal fleet dimension.

Lufthansa chief human assets officer and labour director, Michael Niggemann, stated: “We can’t perceive VC’s name for a strike. The administration has made an excellent and socially balanced supply – regardless of the persevering with burdens of the Covid disaster and unsure prospects for the worldwide financial system. This escalation comes on the expense of many hundreds of shoppers.”

In keeping with the provider, the union’s calls for, which embody a 5.5 per cent wage improve by the tip of the 12 months as a primary step, would improve payroll prices by greater than 40 per cent – or roughly €900 million – over the following two years.

“Even with out taking the monetary penalties of the Covid disaster into consideration, this isn’t acceptable,” the provider stated in a press release.