In the 19 years I've been working for Lufthansa, we've had more than one crisis, and we CC have always contributed our part to surviving them.
Without going into the details, I can say that our current management has for the last few years been taking away from us over and over, promising to give back in the future. Needless to say, it hasn't happened. One of the main reasons for the strike dates back a while, and unfortunately our wages and work conditions are up for negotiation now. Not when this crisis is past.
So we have to deal with the issues now.
We are not going on strike because of petty little issues, but because we have to.
Already some of our new CC living in MUC (stationed there, not commuting) receive welfare in addition to their pay working full time.
In the last two years LH has made over 1 billion in profits and they have just told the press that even for this year their prognosis is close to that.
And Al Fakhem, LH CC have NEVER flaunted the luxury of striking, and we're not doing it now.