Air France pilots begin week-long strike over jobs move

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Pilots for Air France have begun a week-long strike.

The carrier will run less than 50% of normal flights, it said.

The pilots are protesting against a transfer of jobs by the airline to a low-cost carrier to keep up with competition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29202675

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The latest news.
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[viking9]

I wonder how long Air France can hold out. Perhaps the French Government is subsidising them again, in contravention of EU regs.

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Air France pilots have called off a strike that has lasted for two weeks and cost the airline hundreds of millions of euros.

Pilots' union SNPL and the airline have yet to reach an agreement over a dispute about the carrier's plans to expand its budget subsidiary Transavia.

However, a union spokesman said it was ending the strike so negotiations could "continue in a calmer climate".

The loss-making airline wants to cut costs to compete with budget carriers.

The two parties failed to resolve their differences during weekend talks, with the airline rejecting an offer by SNPL on Friday night to end the strike if an independent mediator was appointed.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29401056