About 10% of flights departing and arriving at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport will be canceled on Friday for the second day in a row due to social action by firefighters over pay, authorities said Thursday.
“Multisectoral” strike Friday
The Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGAC) asked companies to ground one in six aircraft between 7am and 2pm for safety reasons as a firefighter strike forced the closure of some of France’s first runways. at the airport, an administration spokesman told AFP. It’s the same request as the previous day, the first day of the airport fire brigade rally. these last ones”claim technical bonus and network revaluation“About salary, visible”recruiting difficulties at the beginning of the network“Salaries are lower than those offered in departmental fire-rescue services,” Daniel Bertone, general secretary of CGT at Groupe ADP, manager of Paris airports, explained to AFP.
In addition, the workers of the platforms of the Paris airport are called to join the strike on Friday.multi-branch“, including Groupe ADP and its subcontractors, at the call of the inter-union, with an extension to the effect of June 9. The announcement is valid until Sunday inclusive. This social movement, whose rallies are planned on Friday in front of terminals 2E of CDG and 4 of Orly, risks slowing down the flow of passengers approaching the installations as well as at the inspection points of the filters. Baggage sorting can also be affected. These contactscause delays that may lead to flight cancellations when the delay is excessiveDaniel Bertone noted, even as his CFE CGC colleague Rachid Eddaige said he was uncertain about the operational implications of the move. DGAC did not request pre-emptive flight cancellations at Orly.
ADP workers are demanding a 6% raise retroactive to Jan. 1, while management is offering 3% on July 1, according to unions. ADP declined to comment on this item. Like the previous day, the group invited passengers to arrive in advance at its facilities, namely:three hours (before scheduled flight) for an international flight, two hours for a domestic or European flight“. As of Thursday, Air France said it canceled more than 10% of its short- and medium-haul flights at CDG on Friday and maintained its long-haul schedule.
Source: Le Figaro
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