Pilots At Lufthansa's Eurowings Plan Strike After Talks Fail

By Dave Simpson
Pilots At Lufthansa's Eurowings Plan Strike After Talks Fail

Pilots at Lufthansa's budget airline Eurowings plan to go on a one-day strike on 6 October after 10 rounds of talks failed, pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) said on Tuesday 4 October.

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VC wants Eurowings to ease pilots' workloads by, for example, cutting the amount of time a pilot would have to be on duty or increasing their rest periods, it said in a statement.

"It is not enough to sit at the negotiating table - you also have to be willing to find a solution and not present counter-demands as an offer," said VC head Marcel Groels.

A Eurowings board member, Kai Duve, said in a statement that the demands endanger the viability of the airline.

August Vote

The pilots had voted 97.7% in favour of strike action in a vote in August.

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