A union of air traffic controllers filed a strike notice for May 1 as part of the movement against the pension reform enacted in mid-April, without the consequences for traffic being known immediately. The Union Syndicale de l’Aviation Civile-CGT (USAC-CGT) “continues to be part of the mobilization decided by all the union confederations” on Labor Day, she writes in a letter announcing this notice to the director general of civil aviation.
This notice concerns “the day of May 1, 2023” and “the nights upstream and downstream for agents working in staggered hours, completed the USAC-CGT in this missive consulted Wednesday on its website. The USAC-CGT is at the forefront of the mobilization of air traffic controllers against the pension reform, which resulted in 34 days of strike action in the first quarter alone, according to the National Federation of Aviation and its Trades ( Fnam), spokesperson for airlines in France.
Another union, the SNCTA, which claims to be in the majority among air traffic controllers, does not, however, call for a strike against this very unpopular reform and promulgated on April 15 by President Emmanuel Macron. This Wednesday, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) is not immediately able to assess the consequences on air traffic of this new mobilization in the middle of the bridge weekend and Easter holidays.
During previous days of social movement, the administration had asked companies to give up part of their flight program departing from or arriving at certain French airports, including Orly, the country’s second platform. In addition, more than two-thirds of Vueling’s flights from its Paris-Orly base will be canceled this weekend, the company’s French hostesses and stewards union said on Wednesday, on strike over wages and conditions. of work.