PPRuNe Forums - Alitalia strike

PPRuNe Forums (https://www.pprune.org/)

- Airlines, Airports & Routes (https://www.pprune.org/airlines-airports-routes-85/)

- - Alitalia strike (https://www.pprune.org/airlines-airports-routes/128509-alitalia-strike.html)

Hi,

I'm just trying to understand why Alitalia staff chose to go on a strike, when their company is in such a bad state that a bancrupcy could be close. Are they trying the SABENA "solution"?
from http://news.airwise.com/stories/2004/04/1083269732.html

Quote:

"We will go on protesting until either the government or Alitalia do something about this situation," said striking employee, Raffaello Biselli

versus

Quote:

Carlo Giovanardi, the Minister for Parliamentary Relations, told reporters on Thursday that the cabinet had been shown a letter from the EU Commission threatening Rome with legal action if it tried to put cash into Alitalia

Deadlock?

/FS

:O
I was booked on AZ from CPH to FCO yesterday.
The flight was cancelled and then re-instated, now operated by a British Airways ATP operated by a franchiser, SUN-AIR.
I can tell you the flighttime was almost 4 hours, but the service was the best I ever.
A lot of good food, ice cream, free drinks and a very service minded crew.
So watch out Alitalia, BA is out there!

They are going on strike because as usual they want to squeeze the frontline (pilots C/C and airport ground staff) and leave the shirk brigade in the offices (highest rate per A/C in civil aviation) untouched. Almost any politician in Italy has one or more relatives parked there.