The airline boss of Lufthansa, Jens Ritter, has once again rejected the demands of the Cockpit Association (VC) in the tariff dispute as unrealistic.
“We don’t have anywhere near the money to further improve the already very good company pension scheme,” said Ritter to the Funke media group. The union had previously given the airline more time to submit an improved offer – and wants to refrain from industrial action for the time being.
Ritter said Lufthansa already has one of the best supply systems in the industry. He locates a possible compromise elsewhere: “The Lufthansa crews are also much more interested in how the further shrinkage of the short-haul fleet can be stopped and how perspectives can be created.” That is the real sticking point, and here he can imagine concrete commitments. “But to do this, the collective bargaining issues relating to retirement and transitional pensions must also be taken off the table.”
Fewer domestic flights
Lufthansa had previously announced that it would thin out its domestic flight schedule for cost reasons. According to the summer flight schedule presented at the end of October, no domestic German route will be discontinued, but there will be around 50 fewer flights per week to the Frankfurt and Munich hubs.
In the collective bargaining dispute, Cockpit is demanding higher employer contributions to the company pensions of around 4,800 pilots at Lufthansa Kerngesellschaft and Lufthansa Cargo. VC entered the negotiations with a demand for the employer’s share to be tripled. However, an agreement was not reached over the course of seven rounds. At the end of September, the VC members voted by a large majority in favor of strikes.
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