The German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit considers the closure of practical pilot training in Bremen to be “a slap in the face for all employees”. Lufthansa announced on Wednesday that this know in Rostock-Laage should be carried out.
"Lufthansa's decision is a slap in the face for all employees in Bremen. We consider it a serious mistake, as the company is suffering a tremendous loss of quality and competence that cannot simply be made up for. We find it completely incomprehensible why this - in the best sense of the word - talent factory is now being allowed to bleed dry like this," said Markus Wahl, Chairman of the VC. "However, the current crisis is not the real motive, but merely a pretext for Lufthansa's actions. Everything is being done here to evade collective bargaining agreements, which are to be pushed through against employees regardless of the Corona crisis. We see the collective bargaining partnership that the company so often and fondly invokes being trampled underfoot and we condemn this action in the strongest possible terms."
Well over 100 student pilots have already filed a lawsuit against Lufthansa. Even with the Cargo daughter grinds it meanwhile, because this is to be reduced, but at the same time it is planned that the participation in Aerologic could grow. Switching from the cargo cockpit to that of the passenger A340 will most likely not be possible as this pattern will not have a long future.
“It is a corporate strategy that a non-tariff platform is set up in competition with every tariff operation. We see this not only in pilot training, but also in the Ocean project for passenger flights and in the cargo sector, in which Aerologic operates alongside Lufthansa Cargo, ”said Wahl, who believes the latest decisions by the top management are a frontal attack on the collective bargaining partnership.
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