Lufthansa is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary, and in the spirit of not straying too far from tradition, pilots at the airline are about to go on strike, causing major disruptions. This will be the second strike from pilots in around a month, and we also just saw a flight attendant strike. Ouch.
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Yaay, here is coming another event celebrating 100 years of that makes as passengers feel valued and appreciated.
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One of Spohr's arguments for having so many LH Group subsidiaries was that labor actions would only affect portions of overall operations. What he's achieved is a higher incidence of smaller labor actions. And, there will always be some element of the LH *network* that will be at risk. As the saying goes, it's no way to run a railroad.
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„ At the company’s insistence, this was replaced by a capital market-financed model that falls significantly short of the previous pension level.“
Background story from someone close to the VC union: The LH pilots themselves were the ones in favour of a capital markets oriented redeployment of funds. Because on paper it showed higher returns. Greed. Now, where it simply did not turn out in their favour, they want Lufthansa to compensate for it. As a customer, As a customer, I have zero tolerance for this behaviour. A lot of HONs/SENs are reconsidering as well.
For those booked on flights that remain operating, proceed with clear expectations. I travelled TATL Business during a strike and essentially nothing was loaded. A special meal was not loaded, simple cola was not loaded, same for juices and bubbly water. I was offered lots of basic water in airline pitchers (unknown origin). In another instance there was a 3 hour delay waiting for luggage at EWR.
I had my DEN-MUC ticket tomorrow canceled. On one hand, looking forward to the €600 EC 261 compensation. On the other hand, not looking forward to having to fight them for it.
I've been dodging bullets for the past month. Strikes around our trip to NZ, via SIN, and now our Friday flight to EZE. If that is not enough, we are on a flight to KEF in late May. Not worried about strike then (knock on wood), but am worried about fuel issues there. Now that is one flight I do not want to miss. We have Hurtigruten 8 day cruise and explore around Iceland for 8 days. That's the last trip before May next year.
I have a mixed feeling on these actions. On the one hand, Spohr, through setting up so many subsidiary airlines, screws over his employees. On the other hand, I am a customer. It's one thing waiting for new seats, but something else when long planned trips get trifled with.
Hope all goes well for you! (Ideally, pilots get what they’re looking for, and all returns to normal quickly.)
Why does anyone fly this airline ? Twice been effected by strikes.... Pilots, Flight Attendants, Maintenance, Ground Staff, Caterers, you name it, they all conspire to go on strike at different times... PLUS it's not just the day of the strike, before and after LH cancels flight to position and re-position. LH needs to be able to work with their unions to avoid this... Then again, why bother, so that you can enjoy the surly and terrible service on board
Me, too. But I am afraid that the never ending dynamic between Spohr and the unions is a permanent rupture that makes a non-strike agreement impossible.