Status: 10.05.2022 12:51
Around 30,000 passengers are likely to be affected by the pilots’ strike at Eurowings. Lufhansa’s low-cost airline subsidiary assumes that only about half of the planned flights will start tomorrow.
The all-day strike scheduled for tomorrow by the pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) at Eurowings could paralyze every second flight and thus affect around 30,000 passengers. Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary announced today that it would be possible to implement around half of the normal program of around 500 flights.
However, the airline will do everything possible to minimize the impact of the strike on passengers. You can also turn to partners from the Lufthansa Group.
Passengers must be informed by the afternoon
Eurowings consists of two flight operations, he said. Only Eurowings Germany flights are affected by the planned 24-hour industrial action, not Eurowings Europe. The company asks passengers to stay informed about the status of their flight on the website www.erowings.com or through the Eurowings customer app. Travelers whose flight is canceled due to a strike must be informed of travel alternatives by this afternoon.
The Cockpit Association announced yesterday that negotiations on the overall salary agreement at the Lufthansa subsidiary had failed. Ten rounds of negotiations would not have led to any significant rapprochement. The shutdown is scheduled to start at midnight and end at 11:59 pm. Eurowings criticized the announced strike as disproportionate and irresponsible.
Union criticizes pilots’ workload
VC is concerned about the conflict for better working conditions. A core requirement is employee relief, for example by reducing maximum flight duty times and increasing rest times. There have been no readjustments since 2015. At the same time, the workload has increased significantly, the union said. “The employer regularly exhausts colleagues’ work time to the maximum allowed, which cannot be a permanent situation.”
The union regrets the restrictions on passengers. However, due to the lack of accommodation on the part of the management, the only option left at the moment is to enforce the demands with a labor dispute. Eurowings personnel manager Kai Duve criticized this as excessive “in a time when millions of people are afraid of a cold winter and the next heating bill”.
“The requirements would make 20% of our flights unfeasible and, therefore, would jeopardize the future of air operations and its employees”, warned the manager of the airline. Eurowings already offers employment conditions that are among the best among comparable European airlines.