Yawning emptiness in the BER reception hall on Monday Photo: Ufuk Ucta
By Mareike Druenkler
There was another strike at Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. But the passengers at BER have less and less understanding.
For the third time this year, the staff stopped their work on Monday at BER after unsuccessful negotiations! All 220 departures and 70 out of 240 arrivals were cancelled. How did that go down with the passengers?
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Liz Kurtz (41) from Texas spent two weeks on vacation in Berlin with her sister. “Strike is important. Then I’ll just fly back a day later.” Photo: Ufuk Ucta
“Meanwhile, I hardly have any sympathy for the strikers. I’m constantly on the go for professional reasons, and at some point you get a bit aggressive in such situations,” says Maja Jung (37).
Maja Jung (37) urgently had to go to Istanbul for work – the Dresden native has little sympathy for the frequent strikes Photo: Ufuk Ucta
The manager from Dresden actually wanted to be in Istanbul. She only found out about the strike at the airport. Missed appointments, stranded at BER.
David Harris (46) is waiting for a flight to London – the Englishman wanted to go back to his family in Nottingham Photo: Ufuk Ucta
A fate that the manager shares with the Christian missionary David Harris. The 46-year-old was waiting for a flight to London. “I didn’t know anything about the strike. Let’s see how it goes now. I’ll probably get a hotel room here and see a few more sights,” Harris made the best of the situation.
There will only be regular starts again on Tuesday. Since 3:30 a.m. on Monday, only empty machines that were needed elsewhere have rolled onto the runway.