Sciopero piloti Lufthansa
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Be, sono utili per lo scopo dichiarato nella lettera: se a causa dello sciopero hai volato meno e la qualificazione per gli status è a rischio a causa dei voli che NON hai prenotato e fatto, loro ti aiutano a raggiungere la soglia con il bonus.
Hai ragione: ho scritto male io: non mi sono state accreditate.
Ad ogni modo, è stata una trovata favolosa: un gesto verso il Cliente a impatto quasi zero per l’Azienda. Anche per il Cliente, che però percepisce comunque il buon intento dell'Azienda.
La mia impressione è che il mktg e la comunicazione AZ siano preistorici. Lo vedi in ogni aspetto del rapporto con la clientela.
Verissimo. Occorre radere al suolo e rifondare tutto il settore con persone preparate e motivate.
Sono come i vertici della comunicazione della Difesa (o in generale della PA), che ricoprono l'incarico non perchè capaci di fare quel lavoro, ma perchè convinti di esserne capaci. E guai a dirgli il contrario.
Nuovi scioperi in arrivo?
Lufthansa Pilot Strikes May Resume on Arbitration Snubs
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA) is bracing for a resumption of pilot strikes next year after failing to agree on arbitration terms with the Vereinigung Cockpit labor union in a pay and retirement dispute.
Lufthansa offered separate arbitration procedures for retirement benefits and for all other wage issues, hoping to end sporadic walkouts, an official at the Cologne, Germany-based airline said today. The union proposed a single arbitration program for all pay and working conditions, while the carrier said plans for a new low-cost platform are non-negotiable and that some contract points need settlement first.
The dispute is hampering efforts by Lufthansa, Europe’s second-biggest airline, to improve profit with its most ambitions savings program ever. Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr cut financial goals twice in four months as the strikes exacerbated the effects of falling ticket prices stemming from wider competition. Lufthansa estimates the walkouts have cut earnings by almost 200 million euros ($246 million) this year.
Passengers are likely to be spared further disruptions from strikes this year following the 10 that have already taken place in 2014, Lufthansa said. It discussed three out of six contract terms with the union this year, and said it’s open to talks on all of them.
The carrier’s plan to bundle low-cost operations for German, European and long-haul flights into a platform dubbed Wings isn’t suitable for arbitration as it’s a strategic business decision, while requirements to discuss it with the union have been satisfied while producing no consensus, Lufthansa said.
Anke Fleckenstein, a Vereinigung Cockpit spokeswoman, declined immediately to comment.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...-strikes-may-resume-on-arbitration-snubs.html
Lufthansa Pilot Strikes May Resume on Arbitration Snubs
Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA) is bracing for a resumption of pilot strikes next year after failing to agree on arbitration terms with the Vereinigung Cockpit labor union in a pay and retirement dispute.
Lufthansa offered separate arbitration procedures for retirement benefits and for all other wage issues, hoping to end sporadic walkouts, an official at the Cologne, Germany-based airline said today. The union proposed a single arbitration program for all pay and working conditions, while the carrier said plans for a new low-cost platform are non-negotiable and that some contract points need settlement first.
The dispute is hampering efforts by Lufthansa, Europe’s second-biggest airline, to improve profit with its most ambitions savings program ever. Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr cut financial goals twice in four months as the strikes exacerbated the effects of falling ticket prices stemming from wider competition. Lufthansa estimates the walkouts have cut earnings by almost 200 million euros ($246 million) this year.
Passengers are likely to be spared further disruptions from strikes this year following the 10 that have already taken place in 2014, Lufthansa said. It discussed three out of six contract terms with the union this year, and said it’s open to talks on all of them.
The carrier’s plan to bundle low-cost operations for German, European and long-haul flights into a platform dubbed Wings isn’t suitable for arbitration as it’s a strategic business decision, while requirements to discuss it with the union have been satisfied while producing no consensus, Lufthansa said.
Anke Fleckenstein, a Vereinigung Cockpit spokeswoman, declined immediately to comment.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-...-strikes-may-resume-on-arbitration-snubs.html
Nuovi scioperi in vista:
Pilots Say Further Lufthansa Strikes Likely
January 15, 2015
German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said it is likely to call for further strikes at Lufthansa as a long-running row continues.
The dispute revolves around an early retirement scheme and Lufthansa's plans to expand its low-cost operations to win back market share lost to the likes of Ryanair and easyJet, which are expanding in Germany.
Ten strikes staged by VC last year cost the airline close to EUR€200 million in operating profit and affected hundreds of thousands of passengers.
In December, the pilots said they were prepared to enter mediation to resolve the dispute, but only if it included all areas of conflict with management.
Lufthansa rejected that demand, however, saying it was willing to expand talks beyond just early retirement benefits, but that low-cost expansion was not up for discussion.
VC said in a statement on Thursday that further industrial action was "possible and likely" as it meets with its members in the coming weeks.
Lufthansa's pilots oppose the way the airline is pushing through low-cost expansion by using a small unit that is not subject to the same collective staff agreements as its Lufthansa and Germanwings units.
VC also wants to maintain a scheme that enables pilots to take early retirement from the age of 55 and still receive a portion of their pay until pension payments kick in. Lufthansa wants to increase the retirement age for new starts.
Lufthansa reiterated its stance that it needed to make structural changes to help its passenger airlines compete with rivals.
"Necessary structural changes could so far not be achieved in the cockpit," it said in a statement.
(Reuters)
Pilots Say Further Lufthansa Strikes Likely
January 15, 2015
German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said it is likely to call for further strikes at Lufthansa as a long-running row continues.
The dispute revolves around an early retirement scheme and Lufthansa's plans to expand its low-cost operations to win back market share lost to the likes of Ryanair and easyJet, which are expanding in Germany.
Ten strikes staged by VC last year cost the airline close to EUR€200 million in operating profit and affected hundreds of thousands of passengers.
In December, the pilots said they were prepared to enter mediation to resolve the dispute, but only if it included all areas of conflict with management.
Lufthansa rejected that demand, however, saying it was willing to expand talks beyond just early retirement benefits, but that low-cost expansion was not up for discussion.
VC said in a statement on Thursday that further industrial action was "possible and likely" as it meets with its members in the coming weeks.
Lufthansa's pilots oppose the way the airline is pushing through low-cost expansion by using a small unit that is not subject to the same collective staff agreements as its Lufthansa and Germanwings units.
VC also wants to maintain a scheme that enables pilots to take early retirement from the age of 55 and still receive a portion of their pay until pension payments kick in. Lufthansa wants to increase the retirement age for new starts.
Lufthansa reiterated its stance that it needed to make structural changes to help its passenger airlines compete with rivals.
"Necessary structural changes could so far not be achieved in the cockpit," it said in a statement.
(Reuters)
Ieri e' iniziato lo sciopero (ennesimo) dei piloti del Gruppo Lufthansa. Questo, dei piloti Germanwings, e' previsto durare fino alla mezzanotte oggi.
Qui l'elenco aggiornato di tutti i voli cancellati: https://www.germanwings.com/en/information/current-information.html#message_0
Credo che tutti i voli per MXP sono stati cancellati (STR, HAJ, DUS, HAM, DUS e CGN) e FCO (TXL e HAM).
Saranno felici in AB e AZ.
Qui l'elenco aggiornato di tutti i voli cancellati: https://www.germanwings.com/en/information/current-information.html#message_0
Credo che tutti i voli per MXP sono stati cancellati (STR, HAJ, DUS, HAM, DUS e CGN) e FCO (TXL e HAM).
Saranno felici in AB e AZ.
Lufthansa's Germanwings asks striking pilots to negotiate
(Reuters) - Lufthansa's (LHAG.DE) budget airline Germanwings called on striking pilots to return to the negotiating table on Thursday, as they began a two-day strike which will cost the carrier more than 10 million euros.
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) pilots union strike, designed to put pressure on Lufthansa's management in a long-running row over early retirement benefits, is due to run until 2259 GMT (05:59 p.m. EST) on Friday and will affect hundreds of departures across Germany.
Germanwings said it was operating more than 60 percent of the 900 flights normally scheduled for the strike period thanks to managers who are pilots stepping in, and crews and planes hired from other companies.
Lufthansa wants to change a scheme that lets pilots retire at 55 and still receive a portion of their pay until the regular state pension payments kick in. The airline wants to increase the earliest age at which its new pilots can retire to reflect increasing life expectancies, and to cut costs.
The VC pilots staged 10 strikes last year, affecting hundreds of thousands of passengers and wiping up to 200 million euros ($226 million) off Lufthansa's operating profit at a time the airline is trying to reduce costs to keep up with rivals.
"This latest strike doesn't make sense," Germanwings Managing Director Thomas Winkelmann said.
"No one understands why a young co-pilot should demand the right to take early retirement in 30 years at conditions that are out of proportion with elsewhere and financed by the employer," he said.
The pilot's union said it was trying to force management to make a better offerand hoped this strike would have an effect.
"We await, after a year of almost pointless discussions, an offer that we can use as a basis for negotiations," VC board member Markus Wahl told Reuters TV.
The pilots have also requested that management enter mediation talks on plans for the expansion of budget flights, which Lufthansa has refused. Pilots oppose the way Lufthansa is pushing through the expansion by using a small business that is not subject to the same collective labor agreements as pilots working for its Lufthansa and Germanwings businesses.
Like rival Air France-KLM (AIRF.PA), Lufthansa wants to increase low-cost operations
Vereinigung Cockpit says more pilot strikes possible
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) will not rule out further strikes over transition payments for early retirees, a spokesperson told ATWin Frankfurt on Friday after a two-day strike nears an end for its Germanwingslow-cost subsidiary.
“After a complete year that Lufthansa has blocked [VC suggestions], we are forced to set these measures,” the spokesperson said, adding, VC fully understands the tough environment of the airline business and that Lufthansa has to be competitive for the future. “But there are always two sides [to the dispute] and we are asking Lufthansa to negotiate with us.”
Lufthansa has offered a conciliator on Tuesday for negotiations.
Asked if VC’s public image and that of Lufthansa pilots have been damaged after so many strikes, the spokesperson said, “Of course passengers are disappointed when they are affected by a strike. And we are sorry for that. But we don’t accept that our social system will be reduced further.”
During the latest strike, around 900 Germanwings flights were affected. The company said on Friday it had been able to operate around 60% of its flights over the two days. On Friday, Germanwings had to cancel 180 flights, following 160 flight cancellations on Thursday.
“Regarding the strike, we are satisfied that most of our union members joined them at a very high percentage rate,” the VC spokesperson said.
Since the dispute began last year, Lufthansa faced 10 pilot strikes and had to cancel 7,000 flights. Last October, Lufthansa chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr told ATW on the sidelines of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) summit in Istanbul that Lufthansa will continue to work on reaching a competitive and sustainable cost-structure for the group’s future and it will have to take the burden of strike issues.
“Today, we have to balance out a short-term problem for our customers and employees, as well as to our image, [in order to] find a long-term sustainability for our cost structure,” Spohr said.
“This [move] is necessary. I very much regret the problems caused to our passengers and staff, but there is no room for compromises for a short-term solution [to its pilots to find a sustainable solution] for Lufthansa’s future. This issue is too important.”
Spohr had told ATW the solution will have to be found “on the negotiating table, not with strikes.”
Lufthansa’s pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) will not rule out further strikes over transition payments for early retirees, a spokesperson told ATWin Frankfurt on Friday after a two-day strike nears an end for its Germanwingslow-cost subsidiary.
“After a complete year that Lufthansa has blocked [VC suggestions], we are forced to set these measures,” the spokesperson said, adding, VC fully understands the tough environment of the airline business and that Lufthansa has to be competitive for the future. “But there are always two sides [to the dispute] and we are asking Lufthansa to negotiate with us.”
Lufthansa has offered a conciliator on Tuesday for negotiations.
Asked if VC’s public image and that of Lufthansa pilots have been damaged after so many strikes, the spokesperson said, “Of course passengers are disappointed when they are affected by a strike. And we are sorry for that. But we don’t accept that our social system will be reduced further.”
During the latest strike, around 900 Germanwings flights were affected. The company said on Friday it had been able to operate around 60% of its flights over the two days. On Friday, Germanwings had to cancel 180 flights, following 160 flight cancellations on Thursday.
“Regarding the strike, we are satisfied that most of our union members joined them at a very high percentage rate,” the VC spokesperson said.
Since the dispute began last year, Lufthansa faced 10 pilot strikes and had to cancel 7,000 flights. Last October, Lufthansa chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr told ATW on the sidelines of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) summit in Istanbul that Lufthansa will continue to work on reaching a competitive and sustainable cost-structure for the group’s future and it will have to take the burden of strike issues.
“Today, we have to balance out a short-term problem for our customers and employees, as well as to our image, [in order to] find a long-term sustainability for our cost structure,” Spohr said.
“This [move] is necessary. I very much regret the problems caused to our passengers and staff, but there is no room for compromises for a short-term solution [to its pilots to find a sustainable solution] for Lufthansa’s future. This issue is too important.”
Spohr had told ATW the solution will have to be found “on the negotiating table, not with strikes.”
Ed infatti, puntuale come un orologio, domani (18 marzo) nuovo sciopero dei piloti LH
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/16/lufthansa-strikes-idUSL6N0WI4OT20150316
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/16/lufthansa-strikes-idUSL6N0WI4OT20150316
Lo sciopero sara' esteso di ulteriore 24 ore (anche domani 19 marzo)!
Lufthansa pilots strike extended to 19 March (18 March 2015)
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Lufthansa strike extended for a further 24 hours
GERMANY: Lufthansa pilots' strike extended to 19 March - Update
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, which represents pilots from Lufthansa airlines, announced it would extend its ongoing strike action to the carrier's long-haul flights for 24 hours on 19 March. The strike is also expected to affect long-haul Lufthansa Cargo services, while Germanwings and Eurowings services remained unaffected.
Lufthansa pilots strike extended to 19 March (18 March 2015)
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
Lufthansa strike extended for a further 24 hours
GERMANY: Lufthansa pilots' strike extended to 19 March - Update
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, which represents pilots from Lufthansa airlines, announced it would extend its ongoing strike action to the carrier's long-haul flights for 24 hours on 19 March. The strike is also expected to affect long-haul Lufthansa Cargo services, while Germanwings and Eurowings services remained unaffected.
[UPDATE] Sciopero esteso anche ad oggi. Terzo giorno di fila.
Germany: Lufthansa Pilots' Strike Extended to 20 March 2015 Update
Thursday, 19 March 2015
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, which represents pilots from Lufthansa airlines, announced it would extend its ongoing strike action to the carrier's short-, medium- and long-haul flights for a third day, to 20 March 2015.
The strike is also expected to affect long-haul Lufthansa Cargo services, while Germanwings and Eurowings services remained unaffected.
Travellers are advised to anticipate significant disruptions to Lufthansa flight services. Please check the Lufthansa website for further updates or contact your Chambers travel team for any further assistance.
Germany: Lufthansa Pilots' Strike Extended to 20 March 2015 Update
Thursday, 19 March 2015
The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union, which represents pilots from Lufthansa airlines, announced it would extend its ongoing strike action to the carrier's short-, medium- and long-haul flights for a third day, to 20 March 2015.
The strike is also expected to affect long-haul Lufthansa Cargo services, while Germanwings and Eurowings services remained unaffected.
Travellers are advised to anticipate significant disruptions to Lufthansa flight services. Please check the Lufthansa website for further updates or contact your Chambers travel team for any further assistance.
Mail arrivata ieri 'firmata' dal CEO e da altri membri dell'executive board...
