The exasperation of customers whose flight is canceled is not regarding to fall. Transavia France, a subsidiary of Air France-KLM affected since Wednesday by a strike movement of cabin crew, plans to operate 70% of its capacity on Friday July 15 and Saturday July 16, and 75% on Sunday, a company spokesman said. Between 250 and 265 flights per day were initially planned throughout the weekend.
On social networks, customers talk regarding lost hotel reservations and ruined vacations, yet so expected following the two years of the pandemic. “We are offering these forecasts to give visibility to passengers for the weekend”said the spokesperson.
Agreement signed by three organizations
Dozens of pursers, stewards and hostesses have been on strike since Wednesday, according to the SNPNC-FO union (National Union of Commercial Flight Crew, minority). The social movement must end on Sunday evening. The union rejects an agreement recently signed by the three other union organizations affiliated with cabin crew (PNC), including the CGT, the only representative union.
This agreement provides for a “improvement of working conditions on tiring rotations and exceptional purchasing power measures”, said a spokesperson for the Air France-KLM subsidiary, which says it has around 1,400 cabin crew members. The “customer satisfaction” bonus has thus been increased from 500 to 1,000 euros per year, and the “transport” bonus, like the “purchasing power” bonus, has been increased, which is equivalent to a “increase of around 5% for low salaries”, according to management. A schedule of discussions has also been established, and meetings have been scheduled to ensure “monitoring of so-called tiring rotations”according to the company.
The SNPNC, for its part, is demanding a general and lasting increase in wages now, which the company refuses to negotiate before the start of 2023, because it says it is constrained by state-guaranteed loans (PGE).
