New strike threat in French skies

The air traffic controllers could take strike action again in a few days' time following a notice of strike lodged by the SNCTA.
The Syndicat National des Contrôleurs du Trafic Aérien (National Union of Air Traffic Controllers) has called a strike for 7, 8 and 9 October.
The Syndicat National des Contrôleurs du Trafic Aérien (National Union of Air Traffic Controllers) has called a strike for 7, 8 and 9 October.

Alongside the strike on 2 october - which has spared the airline industry as a whole, with the exception of Beauvais - another strike is in the offing. On September 29, the National Union of Air Traffic Controllers has given notice. Visit SNCTA is calling for strikes on 7, 8 and 9 October, and specifies "For operational staff : from the start of the shift on the morning of the 7th to the end of the night shift on the morning of the 10th ".

The union's demands include "catching up with inflation, a change in the governance of operations management, the lifting of inoperational constraints, environmental microphones and honouring commitments".