British, French and German airline workers hit a strike

BEIJING, February 23, Xinhua Comprehensive Media 23rd reported that the recent European aviation industry has been repeatedly hit, Britain, France, Germany and other multinational airline staff to hold a major strike, set off a magnificent round of "strike tide."　　The labor unrest will not only affect the European aviation industry, but may also set an obstacle to the global aviation industry's recovery. It is reported that since 22nd local time, Lufthansa Airlines about 4,000 pilots announced the start of a 4-day strike, Lufthansa nearly half of the flights had to be canceled, 1800 daily flights, only about 960 of the normal issue.　　It is expected to strike a day, Lufthansa will lose about 25 million euros of revenue, if the strike lasted 4 days, Lufthansa total loss of more than 100 million euros of revenue. It is also reported that Alyzia Airport service company in France Orly airport staff recently announced a strike, resulting in the cancellation of flight hundreds of, a number of flight delays. The strike was due to a lack of staff and a heavy workload, requiring companies to raise wages.　　Later, some staff representatives negotiated with top executives, but no progress was made.　　Moreover, Paris, France, said air traffic controllers at Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports in Paris also decided to follow the "labor Unrest", on 22nd to hold a major strike, is expected to affect the operation of Charles de Gaulle Airport flight 1/4. Over 80% of British Airways ' flight attendants were dissatisfied with the company's working environment and voted on a strike on 21st. The union said in a statement that a total of 9,271 flight attendants voted in favour of the vote, which will result in a strike. But the union said the strike date has not yet been decided. The Union needs to inform the management of the strike one week in advance and the strike is expected to take place as soon as 1st next month.　　According to experts estimates, British Airways on a strike a day, will lose about 20 million pounds of operating income.　　European Britain, France, Germany and other countries airline employees launched a large-scale strike, the European air traffic suffered a heavy setback. It is reported that in recent years due to the global economic crisis, major European airlines have announced wage cuts and layoffs.　　Big airlines often face the triple challenge of competing with other low-cost carriers in addition to the economic downturn and rising fuel costs. As a result, large airlines have to influence employee benefits and benefits for economic benefits. Many employees complain about the bad working environment, insufficient salary and poor welfare, and ask the company to improve the treatment and protect the welfare of employees. But companies often talk to unions or staff representatives, either refusing to compromise or simply staying on verbal promises and not putting them into action.　　As a result, employees ' grievances are only vented through strikes. According to other reports, the International Aviation Association statistics show that 2009 global civil aviation industry is suffering in decades the worst recession. 2009 Annual passenger demand for civil aviation fell by 3.5%, freight demand fell by 10.1%, equivalent to the passenger market retrogression of 2.5 years, the freight market has regressed for 3.5 years.