It's a day ending in "y," which means a European airline will go on strike tomorrow. In this case it's Lufthansa's pilot union that's striking, from 12:01AM to 11:59PM on Wednesday, November 23, 2016. This strike will cause ~900 Lufthansa flights tomorrow to be canceled, including longhaul and short-haul flights. This includes 51 cancelations of…
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Clearly if one is booked with them torrorrow it's a real drag. The frequent ATC strikes at CDG and ATC computer breakdowns over the U.K. which ground every flight are reminders of how good we have it here in the USA. Something to be thankful for!
FYI flights today were affected as well.
Had an award on LH ticketed through UA that was cancelled. Not fun trying to rebook 3 people in J on the day of.
My flight to Miami would have been cancelled but I stopped flying Lufthansa along time ago due to the never ending strikes
my flighr from mex-fra wad canceled, and my family of 3 had our pick of business on Iberia A340, an Aeromexico 788, or an Air France A380, with intra europe connections on BA/IB.
Ultimately chose Iberia due to timing. Shame my Aeroplan award ticket is now a points-earning to credit to Alaska or BA... 🙂
Lufthansa expand their strike for another day! Meaning travel disruptions through Thursday the 24th of November '16.
Apparently the pilots union wants a 22% pay rise over the next 5 years.
http://atwonline.com/daily-news/lufthansa-cancels-876-flights-ahead-nov-23-strike
Could LH's parent company run down LH's balance sheet and declare bankruptcy, liquidate the business and have the parent company reconstitute LH under a different name, with modern awards and work practices?