The strikers of the sharpeners of the French sky this Thursday and Friday causes “millions of euros” to the airlines that “warned” warned that the Minister of Transportation Philippe Tabarot, repeating that they do not want to give in to the requests of the unions. The transporters, “especially the company of Air France”, “will lose millions of euros today and tomorrow for this social movement” whose statements are “unacceptable,” said the minister outside a visit to Le Havre (Sena Marítima) this Thursday.
“Constant financial efforts (…) have already been carried out in recent years” in favor of aerial drivers, he argued. And “choose the dates permanently where we are going to create as many annoying as possible for passengers does not seem to me the correct method.” Two air control unions asked for a strike until Friday to claim better working conditions and greater staff.
Hundreds of canceled flights
On Thursday, the day before the summer school holidays, hundreds of flights were canceled, others delayed, which affected tens of thousands of passengers in France and Europe. Philippe Toparot had already denounced on Wednesday “unacceptable” claims with “minority unions”. A reform is being carried out to establish a scheme of the controllers when taking office, after a “serious incident” at the Bordeaux airport at the end of 2022, when two aircraft almost collided.
The Office of Research and Analysis for the Security of Civil Aviation (BEA), in a report, has the responsibility of a defective organization of the work of controllers, outside the legal framework and without complying with the service table. Controllers “that block the country, who do not want their working time to be controlled, [ce] It is not acceptable to me because when you have nothing to blame, you can aim very well in the morning and at night as well as thousands, even millions of French, “said the minister.
From a source close to the file, it is indicated that 270 air traffic controllers declared strikers on Thursday, of a total workforce of about 1,400.
Source: BFM TV
