Germany: Lufthansa pilots threaten to strike again after Easter

This time concerned with not raising the public’s hackles like in February, Cockpit said that the four-day strike would be after the Easter break, between April 13th and April 16th. The union thinks that this delay should also give the management enough time to change its mind. On February 22, 2010, the pilots already launched a one-day strike, which led to 2,000 flight being cancelled and cost the company around €50 million (see our dispatch No. 100167).  This strike, which should initially have lasted four days, was stopped after the Labor Court of Frankfurt stepped in, seized by Lufthansa.
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t-align: justify;”>This time concerned with not raising the public’s hackles like in February, Cockpit said that the four-day strike would be after the Easter break, between April 13th and April 16th. The union thinks that this delay should also give the management enough time to change its mind. On February 22, 2010, the pilots already launched a one-day strike, which led to 2,000 flight being cancelled and cost the company around €50 million (see our dispatch No. 100167). This strike, which

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