" The entirety " of the flight program will be preserved Friday and Saturday, two days of strike by Air France ground staff at regional stops and at Orly airport at the call of the five unions in the short network -courrier, said Thursday the general manager of the company Anne Rigail. " We are absolutely not worried about the holding of our operations, the entire program will be preserved, " explained Anne Rigail to journalists on the sidelines of the press conference presenting the financial results of the Air France-KLM group.
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The CGT, FO, CFDT, CFE-CGC and Unsa of the Air France company " refuse to endorse attrition " in the sector and are concerned about the increased use of subcontracting after several voluntary departure plans . These unions call the staff for walkouts “ from a few hours to a day ”.
The airline company announced in May a plan of up to 465 departures for more than 3,000 employees (runway trades, agents responsible for check-in and boarding, etc.) and targeting the group's short-haul network . " We try to deploy a lot of pedagogy, we only work on a voluntary basis ", explained Anne Rigail.
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The short-haul network is “ an extremely competitive network, 85% of our domestic activity is in direct competition with a low-cost offer. We also have extremely strong TGV competition , ”explained Anne Rigail, recalling that the company aims to reduce its capacity by 15% on the home network by 2021.
