In view of Lufthansa's pilots' reported past strike actions and threat of strike actions (see result of Googling 'Lufthansa strike' below), should you not be transferring your custom to a country where strikes are banned by law?
Regards
Stoic
Pilots at Lufthansa Approve a Call to Strike
Published: February 27, 1997
Lufthansa pilots have voted overwhelmingly to strike over wages and contract duration, their union said yesterday. But no immediate walkout was expected. The German white-collar union began a strike vote after wage negotiations broke down in mid-January.
Though 87 percent of the pilots voted for a strike and they alone could effectively ground the German airline's planes, it was not certain that they would do so. The union had said it needed a 70 percent approval from all voting members at Lufthansa to begin a strike. While a majority of cabin crew and ground personnel approved a strike, the total vote fell below 70 percent. Union negotiators are to discuss the outcome of the vote and decide their next step tomorrow in Hamburg.
Friday, 4 May, 2001, 08:50 GMT 09:50 UK
Lufthansa pilots strike
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Lufthansa will be hit by weekly strikes by pilots
Lufthansa pilots went on the first of their weekly strikes on Friday, forcing the cancellation of most of the airline's flights out of Frankfurt airport.
"We expect there will be virtually no flights departing in the first 12 hours of Friday," said Michael von Pilar, a spokesman for the pilots' union.
The pilots have voted to hit the Europe's second largest airline with weekly strikes for the next four weeks over demands for higher wages.
The first stoppage took place from midnight Thursday (2200 GMT) until noon on Friday (1000 GMT).
The union warned it could also take unannounced "small, short-term" measures.
Lufthansa shares fell 2.5% on the news and are now down by about a quarter since hitting a year high on 2 January.