The Spanish Union of Air Line Pilots (Sepla) has called a strike at Air Europa for May 1, 2, 4 and 5 at all bases and work centers in Spain, as announced this Wednesday.
Sepla announced yesterday its intention to call a strike during the months of May and June after the failure of the negotiations in the Interconfederal Mediation and Intermediation Service (SIMA) on the V Collective Agreement and before the “tension and labor conflict generated by the directors of Air Europe”.
Sepla has denounced that the Air Europa pilots “feel discriminated against by the company” as they are the only group “affected by this way of acting by the company” and refuses to give in because this “would be irresponsible with regard to the professional and personal future of the group of pilots”.
In said circular, to which Europa Press has had access, the management of the company calls the strike call “irresponsible and selfish” and warns of the millions in losses that it could cause, which would compromise future actions, such as the purchase of new aircraft, and compliance with the Viability Plan.
As reported by the newspaper Expansión, the impact of the strike may be very limited for passengers, despite coinciding with a bank holiday on May 1 and 2 in the Community of Madrid.
The economic newspaper of Unidad Editorial also highlights that the latest strikes in the sector called in Spain have generally gone unnoticed, firstly because the minimum services that the Ministry of Transport has systematically dictated have made it possible to protect the bulk of flights, especially on routes with few frequencies and those that connect with the islands.
On the other hand, the repercussion of the strike was also less because the companies have relocated the affected passengers on other flights with some advance notice -or have given them alternatives-, which has made it possible to avoid the old patterns of queues and shouting in front of the counters.
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