The Lufthansa Group makes few friends with its compensation offers for flight attendants. An assumption is out of the question for UFO managing director Nicoley Baublies.

In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the AUA mother also has to settle a dispute with the employee representatives. The offers for voluntary resignation would be sent to the employees under great time pressure and without sufficient advice. In addition, the offered amount is too low because the staff had to forego money as a result of the austerity measures, the union criticizes.

According to Ufo, flight attendants under the age of 55 should receive 0,75 times the monthly salary per year of employment. The contracts were negotiated with the staff representatives, as handelsblatt.com reported. “We would have expected twice as much,” said Baublies. The crane airline, however, continues to confirm its own decision. Other companies would not handle it differently, according to a Lufthansa spokesman. 

On the other hand, according to Baublies, flight attendants who are over 55 years old have to decide whether to take early retirement at a discount. Here, too, the trade unionist criticizes the high time pressure that the company has built up. "People should decide within four weeks whether to go to November." You wouldn't play this game. In his estimation, of the 2800 or so candidates, not 100 would accept the offer.