In the second of the five-day strike of cabin crew of Air France, the company promises, as before, to ensure 80% of its flights. Even if the unions, who believe that the movement is followed, announced an intensification of the mobilization against the proposed reduction in the number of cabin crew in some planes.
About 200 flights on the 1000 planned were canceled Saturday. "We have given the forecast. Saturday at midday, only 200 passengers 3,000 were in trouble, "noted the direction of the company. Air France has temporarily limited to 100 passengers the ability of its medium-haul flights from Orly to avoid having to put down passengers for lack of a sufficient number of hostesses and stewards. Result: Passengers waited. This strategy and the delays it caused affected customers were exasperated. "It's a nightmare. We have been waiting seven hours.Of all of the day, Air France plans to cancel 14, according to a spokesman for the airport.
Modified or exchanged for free tickets
Without an agreement this week with management on the number and mode of assessment of cabin crew, six of seven unions called the stewards and stewardesses 15,000 to go on strike for the weekend of All Saints, usually of overcrowding, until Wednesday, November 2 included instant payday loan. In 2007, a similar strike, triggered by the same six unions to the same period, had caused major disruptions. Air France was forced several times to review downward its traffic forecast: 90% of flights expected to be provided the day before, this had increased to 60% during the weekend.
The company called to check passengers before they leave for the airport, on the website of the company, the list of flights canceled or delayed. They also know the traffic forecasts by sending an SMS to 63654 with their flight number. The company also points out that the tickets can be changed or exchanged free of charge.
Air France has apologized to its passengers' taken hostage by a strike that has no purpose. " "We negotiated for ten days, day and night, and responded favorably to 90% of union demands for flight attendants." Jean-Cyril Spinetta, who took over the reins of the group a week ago, sent an open letter to the hostesses and stewards, in which he warns against the dangers of such a strike.