The president of Argentine Airlines, Fabian Lombardodescribed as “Extortionate and illogical strike“, to the strike carried out by the unions of pilots and airmen. During this Friday, the work stoppage It affects 150 of the company’s flights and more than 15 thousand passengers.
“It is a decidedly extortionate strike, to say the least, which for us makes no sense because at no time were the talks closed for taking a measure like this. They are harming the company, its passengers and that is not the path we are looking for.“, Lombardo said.
Statements by the President of Aerolíneas Argentina on the strike
After the strike announced by the Airline Pilots Association (APLA) began, Lombardo rejected the union’s decision and, in union statements, criticized those who joined. In addition, the president of the flag carrier pointed directly at the head of the association: “Mr. Biro did not understand that times have changedthat the country has changed and that with these measures the only thing it does is destroy the company, harming thousands of users who have nothing to do with the conflict“.
“It is a behavior that we do not understandin particular, to date we had 15 days of meetings where mainly the pilots’ union, through its head, held meetings and then changed the schedules. We rescheduled the flights with the company’s objective of protecting the passenger,” Lombardo added.
In response to the pilots’ claim for salary increases, the highest authority of the Airline rejected the demand and assured that “Pilots have adequate salaries and they have benefits that would seem that the another company paid and that does not exist in the industry.”
“They compare their wages to industry wages, but what they are not understanding is that what the company pays is what it can afford at the moment, taking into account the conditions of the company and “which will improve as the company improves its situation”Lombardo justified.
Regarding the situation of the company, the president of Aerolíneas Argentinas assured that “The mandate of the President of the Nation is to move towards the sanitation of the company to make it attractive to the capital investment and its privatization“. Although he later acknowledged that this is, for now, something that “It is outside of what Congress sanctioned“.
Aerolíneas Argentinas has enabled the change of tickets free of charge
Following the decision of the aeronautical union, Argentine Airlines temporarily cancelled the Penalties for changing tickets so that passengers affected by the strike can reschedule their tickets at no cost.
pilots strike.jpeg
@RichardLakd / X
In this way, the state company reacted to the strike and announced the modification in its change policy through an official statement. “In view of the untimely union measures announced for the tomorrow between 5 and 14 hours at the Aeroparque and Ezeiza terminalsAerolíneas Argentinas informs its passengers that lifted penalties for changing tickets“, the text read.
In this regard, the company recommended that people with flights in that time slot “modify their itineraries to avoid peak traffic periods and delays“. They also added: “This modification There will be no cost and it can be done by selecting flights within a 15-day window.always to its original destination.”
Source: Ambito
