Improving air traffic policy required: ver.di warns of job losses

Improving air traffic policy required: ver.di warns of job losses

alarm mood in the aviation industry! The ver.di and a large number of works councils of Deutsche Lufthansa AG are unmistakable to the doors of the federal government. Current route cancellations and the dramatic withdrawal of many airlines from Germany no longer leave the employee representatives still. In an urgent fire letter, you call for immediate changes in air traffic policy!

In clear words, the works councils are aimed at the highest political bodies: "Chancellor, Minister of Economic Affairs and Minister of Transport, now act!" Call them in the open letter, which was also published as a petition. They represent more than 100,000 employees and warn of a massive loss of jobs if it is not vigorously counter -controlled. The air traffic landscape is the same as an unequal competition - and Germany's airlines call the tragic damage that this development entails by name.

competition distortion threatens jobs

What are the reasons for this concern of concern? The German and European airlines are faced with political solutions for increasingly sharper and unfair competition. While international airlines act on the market with subsidized companies and lax rules, domestic airlines have to survive under Draconian conditions. A one -sided, stressful German air traffic policy endangers the existence of thousands of jobs!

The signatories of the petition speak of the air traffic - a tax that has even been raised recently and thus also contains the competition. The new requirements for the addition of sustainable fuels that are not sufficiently available, and the sanctions against Russia, which are ignored by non-European airlines, are also other stumbling blocks for German aviation.

demands for immediate action

The mood is tense! In an urgent appeal, the representatives of ver.di and the works councils call for the immediate abolition of air traffic levy. "Not like that!" Says Marvin Reschinsky, Group supervisor at ver.di. "We report flight deletions every day. Time is pushing - if the federal government does not act immediately, we will have to expect a massive job cuts!"

An immediate rethink is required, because politics must not be offside, while the domestic aviation is in the crisis. The pressure on the federal government is growing, and the pilots, airport employees and many other employees in the industry are tense with the upcoming decisions. They are facing an uncertain future - but one thing is clear: they are determined to fight for their rights!