by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 19, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa, Strike |
The union representing Lufthansa’s Pilots has sabotaged the airline once again by announcing a strike that is set to take up the better part of 2 days.
The walk out is set to occur from 1 PM on Monday October 20 and last until Midnight Tuesday, October 21 (Central European Time). The strike covers Lufthansa’s entire network and is not limited to just certain airports, etc.
The strike will affect a large part of the fleet, specifically targeting Airbus A320, Boeing 737 and Embraer regional aircraft. Lufthansa in their information is stating that 747 flights are affected, but that may be a typo. The Union’s own webpage only made mention of 3 types that I listed above and made no reference to the 747.
If your flights are potentially affected by this latest strike, please visit Lufthansa’s flight status page to look up your specific flight and for re- accommodation options.
In past strikes, the Union’s bark has been far worse than its bite thanks to Lufthansa Pilots putting their priorities in order and still flying their routes instead of listening to their own union. Lufthansa will begin listing which flights are canceled later today. You can check your flight’s status here.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Oct 15, 2014 | Featured, germanwings |
Lufthansa’s low cost carrier (LCC) unit ‘germanwings’ will have its pilots walk off the job tomorrow, October 16, for 12 hours between noon and midnight CEST. This is just another installment in whats become an all to familiar scheme to get Lufthansa to buckle to the Union’s demands of letting pilots retire early, with substantial and perhaps unrealistic benefits.
Flights to and from Berlin, Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg, Dortmund, Düsseldorf and Hannover are in the crosshairs for this strike.
Germanwings has not yet published much information regarding options that will be available to passengers, etc. If your travels include ‘4U’ tomorrow, please check on Germanwings.com throughout the day today.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 29, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa |
Despite the VC Union’s best efforts, they can’t seem to ground the entire Long Haul fleet as they had wished to for tomorrow. Instead, a group of Lufthansa pilots who ‘get it’, stepped up and volunteered to fly the ‘Heavies’ and save more than half the flights.
Initially, the threat was that all long haul flights scheduled to depart Frankfurt tomorrow between 8a and 11p CEST would be grounded. Had that been the case 57 flights would have been cancelled. Instead, thanks to the volunteer pilots, 32 long haul flights will take place taking the sting out of the Union’s best efforts to paralyze LH tomorrow.
Earlier today, LH posted a listing of the flights that ARE canceled for today and tomorrow. You can find the latest info by clicking this link which will take you to Lufthansa’s website and directly to the cancelled flight page.
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 29, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa |
German media is reporting that the union representing Lufthansa’s pilots has called for a strike to affect Frankfurt Airport between 8:00a and 11:00p on Tuesday September 30.
Apparently this strike is targeting long haul flights operating from Frankfurt.
Lufthansa has not yet updated their website to reflect this, but here is the link that will provide the latest info as far as cancelled flights are concerned.
As a side note, Lufthansa usually gets enough pilots to volunteer to operate their long haul flights even during a strike so there is a small chance that the impact will be reduced if volunteer pilots come to the rescue.
I can sure as hell use one Tuesday to take me to FRA and then to JNB on Wednesday!
by Lufthansa Flyer | Sep 25, 2014 | Featured, Lufthansa |
In what is becoming a broken record of sorts, the union representing Lufthansa’s pilots has once again announced that strikes are imminent. They suggested that they would provide advanced warning ahead of any walkouts.
The latest threat comes on the heels of a Lufthansa proposal that was rejected by the union. At the heart of the union’s whining is the fact that they are demanding pilots become eligible to receive retirement benefits as soon as age 55. Lufthansa on the other hand is requesting that pilots wait until age 60 before being able to tap full retirement benefits.
In my opinion Lufthansa’s position seems reasonable. Most reasonable people will agree that 60 is a suitable target for a retirement age. As a matter of fact, if you asked most people today, they would love the idea of retiring at age 60 but many cannot afford to do so thanks to our wonderful economy over the last several years that had gutted many retirement dreams.
I suspect that the union will lose their argument in a court of public opinion as most reasonable people understand that retirement at 55 should not be a right. However it appears that unions don’t care what the public thinks of them when they uproot travel plans and create a myriad of inconveniences for the very same people that they may represent.
But I digress….Can you figure out whose side I’m on? 😉
