And now, shock! horror!
The only way for Alitalia to survive is to increase productivity. Example: 13 hours flight duty and 17 hours service,essentially, working to the maximum flight time limitations allowed in Italy!
But! they cry...this is a threat to flight safety... we cannot do this!!!!
Well,,, as ALL the other airlines in Italy have been working their pilots to over and sometimes above these limits for so many years,what is ENAC going to do now that ALITALIA PILOTS in their superior wisdom are declaring these limits unsafe!! Which rules will apply to whom????
Of course these limits are a great stress on safe operation,as is the current 24 hour duty limit on three crew regardless of when the duty starts!
I hope that Alitalia can achieve something regarding a ruling on these unsafe duty limits endured by the rest of us for years.
I also sincerely hope that no Alitalia pilot has to lose his or her job but...the company must learn to stand on its own feet!