Originally Posted by
Yaw String
I have worked with LOT crews out of Warsaw and JFK this year.
This is a real and appalling situation that deserves publicity..
I hope that the regulatory authorities in the US and Canada are informed about this (LOT also flies to Toronto, Chicago and Los Angeles, among other places). In the last couple of days, it has been reported that LOT has been flying with unqualified cabin crew during the strike. There was a report of a flight attendant forced to work as cabin services director, and collapsing on board because of the stress of doing a job she was not trained for. Also, the strikers say that many of them have been offered positions by other carriers. The government-appointed CEO is clearly making a mess of it, and the government-allied Solidarity Union refuses to support the strikers, who belong mainly to the non-PiS independent OPZZ union central.