Alitalia pilot union press release
 

Haha... their contribution is to keep a loss making operation running for years by scaring any political party (and they have a lot of those :rolleyes:) into making any adjustments to the company and their contracts. The second contribution is to scare of any possible companies willing to invest by holding on to the past! :ok:

So whats on offer to Alitalia crew? Obviously the company is to be severely trimmed down. I would also imagine an annual replacement of their Versace uniforms has gone for a burton as well!

Hey ho, so they've got Versace uniforms? Everyone in BA has a Julien Macdonald uniform yet the whole ensemble costs lesss than £14. Doesn't sound quite so extravagant now, does it?

Alitalia
 

BBC reported that the airline is going down and the fate of nearly 20,000 workers hangs in the balance. They also reported that the company was declared bankrupt around mid September and that the Italian Government and Alitalia management have been holding closed door meetings trying to salvage the situation. Does anyone know what exactly is going on?
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Well since the Italian government sold the Italian public, out to the EU, no way can the Italian government be SEEN, to be helping them financially.

xplorer, read this: Alitalia reaches deal with unions - International Herald Tribune

Alitalia's problems go back so far that it would be difficult to say when. As an airline, they were bankrupt years ago and have been clinically dead for years - but bodily functions have been maintained by huge government cash injections. Now the cash has been turned off the patient will finally die. Who's responsible? It has to be the senior people who run the company or the Italian government who wouldn't listen. There are to many well run airlines (well solvent ones anyway) within a two flight from their HQ that ignorance over what a modern airline should "look like" can not be an excuse.

The unions have done their jobs rather well in creating their current terms and conditions but the "management" have not done a very good job at selling 21st century working practices. Had this been done and the management been stronger, the current mess may have been avoidable.

The future? I'll guess that Air One will zip (or buzz), Vespa like into Rome, Milan and anthing else that will make a quick buck and LH will try and gobble up the Intercontinental bit using an expanded Air Dolomiti to their feed their MUC hub. But what do I know...

PM