Originally Posted by
Deez340
ALPA sold its membership down the river while the French get it right. It's like bizaro world.
National Pilots' Strike from 14 to 17 November 2008
French airline pilots? unions have unanimously called a four-day strike from Friday 14 November at one minute past midnight to Monday 17 November at midnight, to protest against changes to the retirement age currently under discussion in the French Parliament (changing from 60 to 65).
Air France is expecting very severe disruptions to its operations. As things stand, the approximate estimation for Air France for Friday 14 November is the cancellation of half its long-haul flights from Paris and the same for medium-haul flights. More cancellations to long-haul flights are expected as the strike progresses.
Information will be updated as the situations evolves.
I think you're missing the point. They're not worried about flying to age 65, they don't oppose that. They oppose their
retirement age (meaning full benefit commencement date) being changed to age 65...
Age 65 got let out by ICAO rule changes (in which European governments were big instigators). But it's nice to bash ALPA...