Yes! to a certain extent at least: Condor does not belong to Lufthansa anymore and they recruit their own pilots, so it was probably not direct KTV (Lufthansa contract) pilots at least! But British Airlines, BMI etc were flying Lufthansa routes too... I don't want to offend anyone as I am not aware of the rules, circumstances and laws in GB, but I did find it strange that Lufthansa was able to operate almost 1/3 of their flights (partly with management pilots on own aircraft and party with charters from all over the world).

However, the fight is not lost! The strike is not completely ended - Lufthansa and VC only agreed that there will be no more strikes until March the 8th. Until then they will be in negotiations without any preconditions (which is good). If Lufthansa still refuses to agree on a fair and reasonable contract and primarily won't respect current contracts, then the strike is going to begin again - I'm pretty sure about that! And as much as it already hurt the company this time around (flights are expected to operate normally no earlier than friday) I'm sure it will hurt even more next time!

Let's just hope VC hangs in there and won't settle for less than a fair and long-term agreement!

Regards,
Jakob