by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 20, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa |
Lufthansa went a bit out of their way today during a flight between Chicago and Munich.
Flight LH435 amended its flight plan and took a small detour near Iceland and descended to 12,600 feet to take in the Solar Eclipse that took place earlier today. The timing of the flight was nearly perfect as far as seeing the peak of the Eclipse.
Planning ahead, LH outfitted the aircraft with a special informational card along with safety ‘glasses’ so that passengers could take advantage of their proximity to this rare event. They were also given the option of being woken up to take in the event, which happened about 6 hours into the flight.
What a view! The Eclipse from the Cockpit of LH 435….courtesy of Lufthansa
Special ‘Eclipse Amenity Kit’ …… courtesy of Lufthansa
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 20, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
Lufthansa has announced that up to half of their long-haul schedule for Saturday, March 21 may be adversely affected due to the scheduled strike. 86 out of 160 flights are expected to be flown.
LH has also updated their latest strike-adjusted timetable that now includes flight info for the flights that are impacted on Saturday. Click here to be taken to that list.
For more information, including rebooking and refund options please click here to be taken to the Lufthansa Strike Update page.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Mar 19, 2015 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
I’m convinced that a bunch of chimps are running the union at this point and are just pushing the ‘STRIKE‘ button…..
In what they think is an intelligent move, the union representing Lufthansa’s pilots has called for a 4th strike. This time targeting long-haul flights on Saturday, March 21.
This is the fourth strike this week as they have been alternating between disrupting short haul and long haul flights. It is expected that up to a third of long haul flights may be impacted on Saturday. However during previous long-haul strikes, impacts are relatively minor since there are enough reasonable pilots out there that still care about their passengers.
More information including the affected flights will be published tomorrow by Lufthansa. Please keep in mind that this strike does not impact the operations of SWISS, Austrian, Germanwings, Brussels or Eurowings.
I think at some point in the near future, the union will have this backfire in the court of public opinion. Its happened in the past and the unions would back off. Now with over 180,000 passengers inconvenienced by this week’s strikes, I suspect the pendulum will shift against the union. Or at least one can hope it does…..
I can understand this type of behavior in France, Greece and Italy where strikes are a national past time and the concept is handed down from generation to generation and in some cases is even a career. What I don’t understand is how this could happen to Germany and her once proud traditions….but I digress.
