The poor performance of the AUA pension fund is now causing a stir in politics. The Neos suspect that a large part of the state aid could be used up for the pensions of the former employees.

Austrian Airlines has currently set aside around 120 million euros in the balance sheet for obligations to make additional contributions to the pension fund. This bothers Gerald Loacker, social spokesman for the Neos, massively. He locates that a considerable part of the state aid in the amount of 150 million euros for pension payments to particularly privileged former employees could be eaten up.

“It cannot be that all taxpayers are now taking hundreds of millions of euros into their hands to rescue Austrian Airlines and that the active staff is repeatedly confronted with salary cuts, while a few insist on their special pensions. I expect solidarity with the current staff here, ”said the politician. “In 2021, the aid package for Austrian will largely flow into high company pensions. This can now be prevented immediately with interventions ”.