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Old Jan 15, 2017, 6:24 am
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Pilot Disruptions - Here We Go Again
http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-e...ons-1001172040

All I have to say about this is:
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Old Jan 15, 2017, 6:54 am
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oy. vey.

Someone really needs to start over with a new national airline.
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Old Jan 15, 2017, 6:56 am
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Dang, I was just thinking of booking a flight to Europe in February with El Al (business class with points). Hope the situation doesn't deteriorate...
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Old Jan 16, 2017, 12:12 am
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Uh-oh! Smell the trouble again? I don't think you flying on El Al anymore. Its sucks.
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Old Feb 4, 2017, 10:58 am
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3 flights cancelled today/tonight
LY001 to JFK,
LY015 to BOS,
LY618 to Moscow

scheduled for early hours of Sunday, were all cancelled due to Pilots being unavailable.

See http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4917482,00.html (Hebrew)
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Old Feb 4, 2017, 12:20 pm
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Amazing. I'm curious--is there an age when the pilots are forced to retire or do they just stay forever?
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Old Feb 4, 2017, 1:10 pm
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Crap, I thought they were only disrupting the long-hauls this time. They'd better be there for my 6:30AM flight to Vienna this coming Friday
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If anyone happens to be on the flight or otherwise in the airport, would be happy to meet up (preferably in the KDL).
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Old Feb 4, 2017, 2:44 pm
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Originally Posted by moe8555
Crap, I thought they were only disrupting the long-hauls this time. They'd better be there for my 6:30AM flight to Vienna this coming Friday
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If anyone happens to be on the flight or otherwise in the airport, would be happy to meet up (preferably in the KDL).
I'm on the 06:30 Larnaca flight - not sure what time I'll be getting to TLV though
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Old Feb 5, 2017, 5:01 am
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LY317 TLV-LHR cancelled this afternoon, as is the return 318 of course.
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Old Feb 5, 2017, 1:26 pm
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I see some flights were changed to Israir (Paris, Sofia, London Luton). What happens to the J and F passengers?
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Old Feb 5, 2017, 11:43 pm
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They probably get the terrible Y seats of Arkia and Israir.
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Old Feb 6, 2017, 2:09 am
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Ryanair are triple laughing now
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Old Feb 6, 2017, 2:43 am
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Originally Posted by Houminer
They probably get the terrible Y seats of Arkia and Israir.
I highly doubt that - there would be lawsuits abound. Someone sent me a PM stating that this happened to his father, and he was given a voucher entitling him to a free roundtrip in business within Europe.
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Old Feb 6, 2017, 5:30 am
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Court orders El Al pilots to end flight cancelations, and reprimanded the carrier's management and pilots for behaving over-aggressively.

http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-C...ons-1001175722
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Old Feb 6, 2017, 6:17 am
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the judge is right.
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