This Thursday, April 25, flights at Toulouse airport will experience some disruptions due to a strike by air traffic controllers. The air traffic controllers have not said their last word.
© Stephen M Brooks/Shutterstock.com
Towards a dark day in French airports this Thursday? The National Union of Air Traffic Controllers (SNCTA) have launched a call for a strike for next Thursday, April 25, announcing major disruptions to operations in France’s airports, including Toulouse. This new mobilization follows the publication of version 4 of the Social Protocol on Monday April 8 by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC). Its objective is to modernize French air traffic control by aligning its practices with those of its European counterparts, particularly with regard to training, work organization and territorial coverage.
Flights in Toulouse impacted by the air traffic controllers’ strike
However, the SNCTA categorically rejects this version of the protocol, considering it “ a provocation if not an insult “. The union refuses to sign it for several reasons. He declines them: “Lan regarding-face compared to V3 regarding access to HEB and HEA is unacceptable. It directly calls into question the sincerity of the negotiations and the compromises reached so far; Ltechnical blockages identified on certain points have still not evolved despite the solutions found on many others; Lsocial support in terms of remuneration, career and ATC is very insufficient or even decreasing for certain centers and accentuates the gap with our European counterparts. »
This situation led the SNCTA to file a national strike notice for Thursday April 25, involving all air traffic controllers as well as traffic monitoring agents. The mobilization will affect flight operations from the start of duty in the morning until the end of night duty the following morning.
The union insists and assures that it “condemns this conduct of negotiations” which has been going on for several months now. He believes that “the purpose of these discussions is rather to move forward on the breakdown of a social contract than on responding to the challenges of air navigation and the expectations of the profession. » So travelers, expect significant disruptions in air traffic this Thursday.
