Air France managers flee as staff storm meeting on job cuts

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Air France managers flee as staff storm meeting on job cuts - Air France managers fled  an  meeting  on  Monday  all about  mass  work  cuts  soon after  angry  an employee  waving banners  AND ALSO  flags stormed  ones  room,  According to  Reuters journalists  for the  scene.

The airline's human resources  IN ADDITION TO  labor relations chief Xavier Broseta had his shirt ripped off  IN ADDITION TO  his tie hanging  from  his neck  Just like  he battled  throughout  crowds  connected with  workers, seeking  for you to  escape.

Broseta  ALONG WITH  Air France Chief Executive Frederic Gagey had been outlining  a great  drastic cost cutting plan,  mentioned   with the   company   Just as  "Plan B"  right after   The item  failed  for you to  persuade  it\'s  pilots  to help  accept  the  less radical  individual   previously   the particular  year.

Violent protests  from   personnel   are  commonplace  with  France,  by which   your current  population  possesses   the   lengthy  tradition  of   transporting   ones  law  directly into   their  own hands.  your  year,  As   your current  country struggles  to help  come out  of your  economic downturn,  offers  seen many.

Traffic disruption, damage  to help   official  property  AND ALSO  injuries  in order to  police officers have gone hand-in-hand  using a  spate  connected with  demonstrations  via  farmers, taxi drivers, ferry  staff   and also  tobacconists.

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Striking  employees   of  Air France demonstrate  inside  front  of an  Air France  headquarters  building  in the  …
However, unlike  ones  headline makers  with   other  disputes, pilots lack sympathy among  the  general  standard   along with the  Socialist government.

Ministers have queued up  inside  recent days  to be able to  put pressure  on  pilots  in order to  strike  an  deal,  AND ALSO   the  Sept. 26 opinion poll  for  Le Parisien newspaper found 71 percent  involving   you   watch  them  being a  privileged group,  in  64 percent believing they complain too much.

Ground  a staff  trade unions  long  ago  taken   your own   businesses  original, less draconian, cost-saving regime,  with  contrast  to the  pilots,  exactly who  staged  a great  strike  the  year ago  That  cost  the business  500  thousand  euros ($560 million).

The main airline industry union FNAM  in addition  condemned  ones  attack  at  Broseta calling  This  "outdated behavior".

Air France CEO Gagey had already left  your own  room  at  Monday  before   ones   functions  council meeting near Charles de Gaulle airport north  of  Paris  are  interrupted  information about   a good  hour  following   The idea  had begun.

Parent Air France-KLM said  The idea  planned  for you to   carry  legal action  a lot more than  "aggravated violence"  completed  against  its  managers.

Air France  confirmed   on the  meeting,  which   will certainly  not resume  with  Monday,  The idea   This  planned  to help  cut 2,900 jobs  coming from  2017  AS WELL AS  shed 14 aircraft  coming from   it\'s  long-haul fleet,  two  union sources said.

The cuts include 1,700 ground staff, 900 cabin crew  ALONG WITH  300 pilots,  your  sources said.  the  long-haul  institution  would  be  reduced  from  10 percent.

The French airline  likewise  wants  to be able to  cancel  their  order  intended for  Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft,  your own  sources added. Air France-KLM  possesses  19 787-9  IN ADDITION TO   half a dozen  787-10 jets  in  order.

Industry sources said Boeing would  become  keen  to  keep  your  order  in   their  books,  probably   from  agreeing  in order to  defer delivery.

Air France-KLM  is  seeking  for you to  cope  with  growing competition.  It has  been  in  loggerheads  inside   their  main pilots union,  your  SNPL,  a lot more than   its  plans.

Europe's big three flag carriers,  in which   furthermore  include British  airlines  owner IAG  AND  Germany's Lufthansa,  has been  squeezed between low-cost competition  with  Europe  ALONG WITH  fast-expanding long-haul  airlines   with the  Gulf,  AND ALSO  Turkish  airways  (THY).

Turkish  airways   is actually  set  in order to   become   the   greatest  carrier  at  routes  to   ALONG WITH   through  Europe  by the  end  involving   the actual  year,  just before  British Airways, aircraft financiers gathered  with  Prague were told  in  Monday. Dubai's Emirates would  be   in  third place.

The  info  treats Air France  AND  KLM separately.

Lufthansa,  which is   also  battling  inside  union opposition  in order to  cost-cutting,  possesses  managed  to help  push forward plans  for   an  revamped low-cost unit, Eurowings.