Expect cancellations: Air traffic Controller on Strike in France

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Expect cancellations: Air traffic Controller on Strike in France

PARIS: -- Following Lufthansa in Germany, another EU country is harassing airline passengers with frustration, delays and cancellations. The SNCTA union - France's largest - has called a nationwide air traffic controller strike in France for today, Wednesday and tomorrow Thursday. The reason:A dispute over working conditions.

Hundreds of flights have been cancelled ahead of a planned strike by French air traffic controllers today.

The DGAC civil aviation authority has asked airlines to cut their schedules for flights to and from France on Wednesday by 40%.

Short-haul flights are expected to be worst affected.

"Disruption is expected over the whole country," the DGAC said in a statement.

Travellers have been advised to contact their airline.

Low-cost airline Ryanair says it has had to cancel more than 250 flights, with further cancellations likely.

A particular grievance for the SNCTA is the raising of the retirement age for air traffic controllers by two years to 59.

Further action is planned between 16-18 April and 29 April-2 May.

Source: http://www.eturbonews.com/57385/expect-cancellations-air-traffic-controller-strike-france

-- eTN 2015-04-08

[sandrabbit]

The country needs to be dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st century. This why the UK is needed in to stay in the EU so that the other countries can continue with their younger retirement ages subsidised by the UK tax payer.

[Ocicat]

Weather must be good in France. That's when the controllers like to be off work.

[Grouse]

UK police can retire at 50 for example

You want cheap flying or safe flying?

This race to the bottom doesn't help anyone

I for one would not welcome 60 year old ATC!

[alien365]

The French on strike? Well I never. What next? A tube strike in the UK?

[i claudius]

The French ,what can you say ,it's sunny ,let's have a strike,oh and I want to retire on a full pension at 40,after working a 30 hour week

[maidee]

after that, the ground personell

and then the pilots

and then the aircrew

and then the toilet cleaners