AF asks crews to fly 100 hrs more per year
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Of course the head of HR who was stripped yesterday can't continue to lead negotiations, so now the PM's right hand man will take over as head of AF HR.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...r-after-attack
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...r-after-attack
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I am very surprised. Are you saying that 40% of of the AF airport staff has been laid off or departed voluntarily last year? I can hardly believe it. I heard that some staff were reassigned to HOP while keeping their employment terms, but they did not seem to lose any benefits. Is that what you are talking about?
This all came in addition to several previous reductions since 2010. As the cuts are intended to be based on voluntary departure, I do not think that the full extent of the contraction has been implemented as yet but the decisions were crystal clear and numbers duly confirmed.
I do not believe that there has been any reassignment of ground staff to Hop!, only flight crew AFAIK.
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Of course the head of HR who was stripped yesterday can't continue to lead negotiations, so now the PM's right hand man will take over as head of AF HR.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...r-after-attack
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...r-after-attack
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Of course the head of HR who was stripped yesterday can't continue to lead negotiations, so now the PM's right hand man will take over as head of AF HR.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...r-after-attack
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...r-after-attack
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Fully agreed that outsources ground operations typically result in worse service for the customer (outsourced staff simply do not have the same ability to exercise common sense and think outside the box compared to airline's own) but sadly, it is a very general trend to save money and unlikely to change anytime soon.
In fact, my personal guess is that sooner or later, some airlines will even start sub-contracting ground operations at hub too. AZ famously did that when they had a second hub at MXP but I do not believe any airline does it at its main hub as yet.
In fact, my personal guess is that sooner or later, some airlines will even start sub-contracting ground operations at hub too. AZ famously did that when they had a second hub at MXP but I do not believe any airline does it at its main hub as yet.
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I think that anyone who flies a lot would not make their choice over what happened yesterday. The LH strikes over the last couple of years had a real impact on passengers. This event had no impact on passengers and yes I would absolutely choose AF today. However if there is a severe strike impact coming up in the next few weeks I will of course choose the airline that is less likely to be on strike during my trip. Maybe KLM.
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And a better alternative is not an airline serving better sandwiches, like some people on FT assume, it is an airline with more frequencies, shorter connections etc.
I do not see too many alternatives for a vast majority of lucrative accounts in both Germany and France, so those strikes are only a minor factor when it comes to loyalty.
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Fully agreed that outsources ground operations typically result in worse service for the customer (outsourced staff simply do not have the same ability to exercise common sense and think outside the box compared to airline's own) but sadly, it is a very general trend to save money and unlikely to change anytime soon.
In fact, my personal guess is that sooner or later, some airlines will even start sub-contracting ground operations at hub too. AZ famously did that when they had a second hub at MXP but I do not believe any airline does it at its main hub as yet.
In fact, my personal guess is that sooner or later, some airlines will even start sub-contracting ground operations at hub too. AZ famously did that when they had a second hub at MXP but I do not believe any airline does it at its main hub as yet.
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In many ways, I would understand choosing to instead empower the elite line more so that they can provide the same sort of flexibility that airport staff have in case of IRROPS affecting very frequent and premium passengers. It would likely be cheaper than maintaining own ground services and quite effective, and would mirror the choice of several US airlines such as AA.
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Quite factual, the people who were demonstrating in front of that office were people on strike. As far as I know there weren't any pilots on strike. Indeed there is still the posibillity that pilots who were not on duty had joined them, but I doubt it considering that pilots also receive blame for the current situation from other employees.
In each of these unions there are mostly good hard working staff who don't want to go on strike. And there are a few idiots who constantly look for trouble.
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Indeed, and it also seems that members of one of the unions were singing a very dodgy song about "Broseta's shirt" a few minutes before the accident (as reported by Le Petit Journal last night), which seems to have directly inspired those thugs.
It is not even merely violent. Undressing people proceeds from a very explicit desire to humiliate them, which I find absolutely despicable. Let us imagine what the reactions would have (very legitimately) been had the victims been women.
It is not even merely violent. Undressing people proceeds from a very explicit desire to humiliate them, which I find absolutely despicable. Let us imagine what the reactions would have (very legitimately) been had the victims been women.
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If you're interested in AF pilots' salaries and hours, here is an article summarizing the information: Le Figaro, in French only
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Fully agreed that outsources ground operations typically result in worse service for the customer (outsourced staff simply do not have the same ability to exercise common sense and think outside the box compared to airline's own) but sadly, it is a very general trend to save money and unlikely to change anytime soon.
Of course there is never any good replacement for an exceptional employee who displays common sense and initiative.
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