Air travel Lufthansa pilots’ union turns down offer

FRANKFURT/MAIN · As the holiday traveling period gets closer, a strike is in the air at Lufthansa. Talks have not been able to resolve an ongoing pay dispute.

A strike may be looming for Lufthansa’s pilot union Cockpit. On Wednesday, the union turned down an offer from the management of Germany’s largest airline. They said they could not accept the wage proposal which was far too low and could not be the basis of a mediation to resolve the impasse.

Cockpit spokesperson Markus Wahl said, “Instead of looking for a real solution, Lufthansa offered very little, so it could put itself in the best possible position for arbitration.” The pilot’s union is calling for wage increases totaling 22 percent in five increments. Lufthansa has proposed a 2.5% pay increase for a 20-month period until the end of 2018.

The dispute over wages is ongoing and a threatened strike would be the 14th carried out by the pilots’ union since the conflict began. The last Lufthansa pilot strike was in September of 2015. In a release, Cockpit said it would announce 24 hours ahead of time any concrete plans for a strike. The main Christmas holidays would not be affected.

(Orig. text: dpa)

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