Lufthansa has “exaggerated with savings” – employees revealed: Chaos has been on the horizon for a long time
Created: 2022-06-28Updated: 2022-06-28 10:28 PM
By: Anna Lorenz
An employee raises serious allegations against Lufthansa: The group is said to have expected the current chaos in air traffic for months.
The board of directors admits mistakes.
Berlin – airport chaos, not only in Germany but worldwide.
While Austria is debating whether to get Austrian Airlines back on the road with the help of the army, the German airline Lufthansa is facing serious allegations.
An employee now revealed that the current situation had been predicted internally for a long time, but that Lufthansa was still sticking to its ruthless austerity course.
Lufthansa: accepted problems in the summer flight business with seeing eyes?
Employee speaks of "total mismanagement"
"I think this is just the beginning, it will get worse," said a flight attendant in an interview with
Focus Online
, assessing the situation at German airline Lufthansa.
"The crane," according to the employee, is "sinking" - and not just since yesterday.
Currently, not only are the nerves of the passengers severely affected, but the board staff, who are confronted with erratic flight schedules and destinations, are also suffering mentally and physically.
The fact that "no one knows what happens to him at the end of the day, where he ends up", according to the employee, is the consequence of "total mismanagement" at Lufthansa, which has been apparent for a long time.
“There have been internal warnings about this summer for nine months.
Lufthansa had the means and could have acted proactively, but management didn't do that.”
Lufthansa board member with hesitant admission – the corona pandemic is to blame
These allegations are still being made without comment - but a letter from Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr to the workforce suggests that the employee's allegations are not unfounded.
Spohr explained that the board of directors had gone too far with its austerity measures "at one point or another".
The reason, however, is the immense financial loss that the group suffered in the course of the corona pandemic.
It was “quite frankly” the first pandemic that management had to deal with.
The extent to which this has been successful can be seen at German airports.
(askl)
