webfact Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Expect cancellations: Air traffic Controller on Strike in FrancePARIS: -- 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandrabbit Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocicat Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 Weather must be good in France. That's when the controllers like to be off work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouse Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alien365 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 The French on strike? Well I never. What next? A tube strike in the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i claudius Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidee Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 (edited) after that, the ground personell and then the pilots and then the aircrew and then the toilet cleaners Edited April 8, 2015 by maidee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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