اعتصاب خلبانان از امروز دوشنبه آغاز شده و به لغو حداقل سه هزار پرواز داخلی و خارجی آلمان منجر شده است. مدیران لوفت هانزا گفته بودند که آماده‌اند بدون پیش‌شرط وارد گفتگوها با خلبانان شوند. اتحادیه خلبان‌ها این درخواست را رد کرد. "اتحادیه کابین های هوایی" از خلبانان لوفت هانزا و شرکت های تابعه آن خواسته است از نیمه شب یکشنبه تا نیمه شب پنجشنبه دست از کار بکشند. این اتحادیه می‌گوید شرکت لوفت‌هانزا بطور فزاینده ای از خلبانان خارجی که دستمزد کمتری طلب می‌کنند استفاده می‌کند. شرکت لوفت‌هانزا به رسانه های آلمان گفته بود، اگر خلبانان حاضر به مذاکره باشند امنیت شغلی آنها را برای دو سال آینده تضمین می‌کند. این شرکت روزانه ۱۸۰۰ پرواز انجام می‌دهد که ۱۶۰ مورد از آن شامل مسافت های طولانی می شود. بر اساس برآوردها، این اعتصاب روزانه
۳۴ میلیون دلار برای لوفت‌هانزا هزینه خواهد داشت.
Germany’s largest airline, Lufthansa, canceled hundreds of flights on Monday after the airline’s pilot's trade union began a strike that may threaten an recovery in Europe’s largest economy.
The airline said it foresaw about 800 flights per day being canceled, totaling 3,200 flights for the week. International routes would be hardest hit by the strike, while most domestic service would remain intact, Lufthansa said.
The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit said on Sunday night that it was in principle ready to negotiate with airline officials, but that Lufthansa was unwilling to give up some of its demands.
Lufthansa also accused the union of inflexibility, claiming some of its demands were illegal.
"We are still prepared to resume negotiations, without preconditions, but then Vereinigung Cockpit needs to be prepared as well to hold talks with no conditions and drop its catalogue of demands, which cannot be fulfilled and is legally inadmissible," a Lufthansa spokeswoman said on Monday.
Outsourcing to partners
The four-day strike could cost Lufthansa more than 65 million euros ($88.4 million) and up to 100 million euros if all flights were grounded, according to estimates by the airline.
Lufthansa pilots are demanding a 6.4 percent pay raise, more influence in company decisions and a commitment that pilots will keep their jobs if Lufthansa shifts routes to affiliate airlines like Austrian or Lufthansa Italia, where pilots come cheaper.
Earlier, Lufthansa personnel chief Stefan Lauer offered job security measures, one of the key union demands, to avert the four-day stoppage.Germany’s largest airline, Lufthansa, canceled hundreds of flights on Monday after the airline’s pilot's trade union began a strike that may threaten an recovery in Europe’s largest economy.
The airline said it foresaw about 800 flights per day being canceled, totaling 3,200 flights for the week. International routes would be hardest hit by the strike, while most domestic service would remain intact, Lufthansa said.
The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit said on Sunday night that it was in principle ready to negotiate with airline officials, but that Lufthansa was unwilling to give up some of its demands.
Lufthansa also accused the union of inflexibility, claiming some of its demands were illegal.
"We are still prepared to resume negotiations, without preconditions, but then Vereinigung Cockpit needs to be prepared as well to hold talks with no conditions and drop its catalogue of demands, which cannot be fulfilled and is legally inadmissible," a Lufthansa spokeswoman said on Monday.
Outsourcing to partners
The four-day strike could cost Lufthansa more than 65 million euros ($88.4 million) and up to 100 million euros if all flights were grounded, according to estimates by the airline.
Lufthansa pilots are demanding a 6.4 percent pay raise, more influence in company decisions and a commitment that pilots will keep their jobs if Lufthansa shifts routes to affiliate airlines like Austrian or Lufthansa Italia, where pilots come cheaper.
Earlier, Lufthansa personnel chief Stefan Lauer offered job security measures, one of the key union demands, to avert the four-day stoppage.
The airline said it foresaw about 800 flights per day being canceled, totaling 3,200 flights for the week. International routes would be hardest hit by the strike, while most domestic service would remain intact, Lufthansa said.
The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit said on Sunday night that it was in principle ready to negotiate with airline officials, but that Lufthansa was unwilling to give up some of its demands.
Lufthansa also accused the union of inflexibility, claiming some of its demands were illegal.
"We are still prepared to resume negotiations, without preconditions, but then Vereinigung Cockpit needs to be prepared as well to hold talks with no conditions and drop its catalogue of demands, which cannot be fulfilled and is legally inadmissible," a Lufthansa spokeswoman said on Monday.
Outsourcing to partners
The four-day strike could cost Lufthansa more than 65 million euros ($88.4 million) and up to 100 million euros if all flights were grounded, according to estimates by the airline.
Lufthansa pilots are demanding a 6.4 percent pay raise, more influence in company decisions and a commitment that pilots will keep their jobs if Lufthansa shifts routes to affiliate airlines like Austrian or Lufthansa Italia, where pilots come cheaper.
Earlier, Lufthansa personnel chief Stefan Lauer offered job security measures, one of the key union demands, to avert the four-day stoppage.Germany’s largest airline, Lufthansa, canceled hundreds of flights on Monday after the airline’s pilot's trade union began a strike that may threaten an recovery in Europe’s largest economy.
The airline said it foresaw about 800 flights per day being canceled, totaling 3,200 flights for the week. International routes would be hardest hit by the strike, while most domestic service would remain intact, Lufthansa said.
The pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit said on Sunday night that it was in principle ready to negotiate with airline officials, but that Lufthansa was unwilling to give up some of its demands.
Lufthansa also accused the union of inflexibility, claiming some of its demands were illegal.
"We are still prepared to resume negotiations, without preconditions, but then Vereinigung Cockpit needs to be prepared as well to hold talks with no conditions and drop its catalogue of demands, which cannot be fulfilled and is legally inadmissible," a Lufthansa spokeswoman said on Monday.
Outsourcing to partners
The four-day strike could cost Lufthansa more than 65 million euros ($88.4 million) and up to 100 million euros if all flights were grounded, according to estimates by the airline.
Lufthansa pilots are demanding a 6.4 percent pay raise, more influence in company decisions and a commitment that pilots will keep their jobs if Lufthansa shifts routes to affiliate airlines like Austrian or Lufthansa Italia, where pilots come cheaper.
Earlier, Lufthansa personnel chief Stefan Lauer offered job security measures, one of the key union demands, to avert the four-day stoppage.
"We're prepared to provide a job security guarantee until the end of 2012," Lauer told the Sunday paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.
Around 4,000 pilots were expected to participate in the strike action. Lufthansa on Sunday posted alternative flight schedules and activated hot lines warning travelers to brace for major disruptions and delays.
"Wrong time"
"This strike comes at the wrong time," Germany's Transportation Minister Peter Ramsauer told the mass-circulation Bild am Sonntag newspaper. "We just cannot have Germany's largest fleet grounded for four days."
Ramsauer said he expected negotiations between union and management to resume on Monday or Tuesday. But he also warned the country's flag carrier and representatives from the German pilots association against making "unrealistic demands."
"A sensible compromise needs to be found to avoid damaging the German economy," Ramsauer said.
Lufthansa subsidiary, Germanwings, said that, despite the strike, it would still be running about 60 percent of its flights.
A list of flights still operating during the strike can be found on the Lufthansa Web site and tickets booked for the strike period can be changed once at no charge, Lufthansa said.
German rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, said on Friday that it was preparing to add extra train service to accommodate passengers affected by the work stoppage.
Around 4,000 pilots were expected to participate in the strike action. Lufthansa on Sunday posted alternative flight schedules and activated hot lines warning travelers to brace for major disruptions and delays.
"Wrong time"
"This strike comes at the wrong time," Germany's Transportation Minister Peter Ramsauer told the mass-circulation Bild am Sonntag newspaper. "We just cannot have Germany's largest fleet grounded for four days."
Ramsauer said he expected negotiations between union and management to resume on Monday or Tuesday. But he also warned the country's flag carrier and representatives from the German pilots association against making "unrealistic demands."
"A sensible compromise needs to be found to avoid damaging the German economy," Ramsauer said.
Lufthansa subsidiary, Germanwings, said that, despite the strike, it would still be running about 60 percent of its flights.
A list of flights still operating during the strike can be found on the Lufthansa Web site and tickets booked for the strike period can be changed once at no charge, Lufthansa said.
German rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, said on Friday that it was preparing to add extra train service to accommodate passengers affected by the work stoppage.
acb/nrt/dpa/AFP/AP/Reuters Editor: Chuck Penfold
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