Originally Posted by
Hussar 54
Agreed.....
But was it 14 or 15 or 16 strikes over the past couple of years and always about their own T&Cs....Never about the poorer T&Cs in other Lufthansa Group Companies such as Aerologic, Tyrolean, Eurowings, etc.
The actual number of strikes was much less, because the tactics was "needle stitches".
Example:
Monday short haul, Tuesday long haul.
Some months later 6-12h clock long haul, the rest of the day short haul...
So the media (or public relations) just counted every fleet as another event.
And one can only strike for ones -own- collective agreement. It's illegal to strike for anything else.
That's the problem. Employer tries to outplay the different pilot groups against each other.
But Eurowings could strike as well, they have their own CA. Not Eurowings Europe though, their AOC is not even in Germany.
Btw. Aerologic is not a Lufthansa group airline whatsoever. They are just a joint venture with DHL and their pilots do not have a collective agreement / union representation. Their wages are freely negotiated. Neither can they switch companies within the group.