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Old 3rd Apr 2008, 19:23
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Aerolineas Argentinas pilots' strike strands thousands of passengers

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/...ine-Strike.php

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Pilots at Argentina's flagship air carrier have walked off the job, suspending international and domestic flights.
Thursday's strike by pilots of Aerolineas Argentinas has stranded thousands of passengers at the Ezeiza International Airport in the capital. Some passengers have been sleeping on floors and others are hastily trying to find flights on other carriers.
Strike leaders say they are demanding better work conditions for pilots.


http://latino.msn.com/noticias/artic...mentid=6681781

Huelga de pilotos deja a miles en aeropuertos

BUENOS AIRES - Abril 03, 2008

Una imprevista huelga de pilotos obligó el jueves a suspender todos los vuelos nacionales e internacionales de la compañía Aerolíneas Argentinas, por lo que miles de pasajeros quedaron varados en los aeropuertos de todo el país.
La Asociación de Pilotos de Líneas Aéreas (APLA) explicó que la huelga responde a una discrepancia del gremio con la forma en que la justicia resolvió una controversia laboral entre un ex asistente de línea y la compañía, que derivó en la renuncia del gerente de operaciones.
El secretario general del gremio, Jorge Pérez Tamayo, explicó que "contar con dicha gerencia responde al cumplimiento de requisitos legales para realizar operaciones de vuelo... Ante la ausencia de la misma, por estrictas razones de seguridad y no transgredir la normativa vigente, quedan suspendidos todos los vuelos de cabotaje, regional e internacional de Aerolíneas Argentinas a partir de este momento".
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Old 3rd Apr 2008, 19:48
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Is Not A Strike

This is not a pilots strike. The opr mgr left his possition, and according to the Arg Aeronautics Code and our reglamentation, a regular company can not operate in the country without a opr mgr. I repeat, this is not a strike. Newspapers and TV show the issue as a Pilot strike, but it is not.

Good landings for everyone
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Well, it seems that at the end Aerolineas resumed all its flights with normality.
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It was not a Pilot's strike

Ops Mngr resigned and the airline was left with no one responsible for the flights. According to the local laws, they are not allowed to fly if no one is responsible for the operations (literally someone who can sign the documentation).

The local media is conspirating against the pilots (or pilots union) hence the Title: Pilots Strike again... (they are guilty of leaving thousands of people strand at the airport... making everybody life's so misserable!! and bla bla bla) Of course someone is taking advantage of this...
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