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SAS + Bryssel inom den närmaste tiden.

Kan kanske vara intressant i frågan; det här är kopierat ifrån Trade Union Eurocontrol Maastricht och är deras uttalande om situationen i Belgien.

The Belgian Air Traffic Controllers have for some time been in a social conflict with their employer, Belgocontrol. The retirement age is a small part of this, but other issues are a chronic staffing shortage, resulting in controllers regularly working 12 days or more in a row, recruitment, technical reliability of our system ( electrical failure of May, 27th and in the last 4 months, 3 major system crashes, last one April, 2nd) and general working conditions.

As the negotiations dragged on for months, the controllers (through their union affiliation, as their Guild is not a recognised social partner) opted for actions which would not affect the flying public, airlines, nor airports but which would put pressure on our management and politicians: they refused training for yet another revision of the departure routes at Brussels airport, a very political dossier.

After numerous, uninspired attempts by management to come to a compromise, to everyone's surprise, the CEO blew up negotiations on Friday, saying the atmosphere was not serene because of the guerrilla actions by controllers. Representatives of the controllers expected the minister of transport to intervene over the weekend, and remained available for negotiations. Instead, on Tuesday, the CEO forced a unilateral agreement with the support of the socialist union, which represents almost no controllers. They were bribed with a pay rise for all non-controller personnel. The two other Unions (who represent the vast majority of controllers) voted against, but due to the voting distribution, a majority was reached - which makes the agreement binding.

The 'agreement' takes no account whatsoever of the many issues they raised. The early retirement age was raised to at least 58 but for some controllers up to 62. This coup was nicely orchestrated: 10 minutes after the vote, the news was announced on the intranet and journalists were already outside the gates. Controllers arriving for afternoon shift got the news from some colleagues. Most of them reacted in shock to the agreement and the way it was reached. This lead to heavy discussions in the operations rooms and after some time, some of them realized they were too emotional to handle traffic safely. They declared themselves unfit for service. This snowballed when more and more people did this and flow restrictions needed to be implemented.

Management was undoubtedly prepared for this, releasing statements that a wild-cat strike had begun in the media, which greedily took this as breaking news. They immediately stated that the Guild had been calling colleagues to call in sick, which is absolutely NOT true. If anything, the Guild was completely unprepared for any such reaction. But Belgium went into controller-bashing-mode.

This continued on Wednesday morning: the Guild and its President were served with a notice of default, which stated that the company holds them personally accountable for all damages caused by their actions. Again, no one of the Guild has instigated nor called upon controllers to call in sick, or leave duty when not well. It was a very natural and even responsible reaction of controllers to an agreement which blatantly dismissed issues they have been trying to address for over 2 years.

So far, the Belgian Guild has refused any attempts by the CEO call upon the controllers not to fake illness anymore, as they were not doing this. After the unilateral picture painted in the media on Tuesday and Wednesday, fueled no doubt by Belgocontrol, some have begun to bring a more neutral and nuanced picture and have brought the story from the controllers' point of view. By Thursday, most controllers felt calm enough to return to work though emotions remain very tense. The Guild, in conjunction with the Unions, is considering what options it has to counter the slanderous media campaign orchestrated by their employer, but also a way to re-table the issues they're having as none of them are solved by this supposed 'agreement'.


Som alltid verkar det finnas två sidor på diskussionen. Med det sagt ska jag själv byta i Bryssel om en dryg månad så jag hoppas det har stabiliserat sig lite då.
 

Juraj

Medlem
Jag blev ombokad från en direktflight till en med layover i CPH för min nedresa men returen verkar fortfarande vara ett direktflyg den tredje maj, är det något jag kan fortsätta förvänta mig?

Hade en exakt likadant situation förra helgen, hemresan förblev direkt.
 

In_Sweden

Medlem
Jag ska åka från Bryssel med SAS nästa vecka, den 4e. Flighten jag tänkt ta, 14:30 BRU-CPH verkar inte gå under denna veckan, hur stor är chansen (skulle ni gissa) att SAS återupptar den flighten innan dess? Ska jag bara vänta och se om den går på Måndag, vilket är första dagen den går att boka på? (så har det varit ett tag)
 
Jag undrar med lite med direktflygen, jag är bokad på SK1589 15.05 den 4/5 och skall bara ner för att äta middag sen åka hem dagen efter så det blir tight om det visar sig att jag behöver byta i CPH.
 

Agö

Medlem
Från och med idag (måndag 2 maj) är SAS tillbaka i fullt program till Bryssel från Skandinavien, dock med följande fyra tidtabelländringar.

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Läs mer på: SAS tilbage til Bruxelles med fuldt trafikprogram - CHECK-IN.dk
 

In_Sweden

Medlem
Lycka till och notera att det alltjämt är riktigt stökigt på flygplatsen. Se till att vara ute i riktigt god tid, en polare till mig stod 2,5 h i kö i rusning förra veckan.
Fast från och med idag så har den vanliga avgångshallen börjat öppna igen, inte för SAS, men för ~25(?) bolag. Så förhoppningsvis går det lite smidigare än i förra veckan. Men att vara där i god tid är nog fortfarande en bra ide.
 

Dr. Miles

Expert
Hur är det med airside transfer i Bryssel flygplats (BRU) nuförtiden?
Finns det extra säkerhetskontroll även när man ankommer från andra Schengen länder (t ex från Sverige, Danmark)?
 

Agö

Medlem
Fast från och med idag så har den vanliga avgångshallen börjat öppna igen, inte för SAS, men för ~25(?) bolag. Så förhoppningsvis går det lite smidigare än i förra veckan. Men att vara där i god tid är nog fortfarande en bra ide.
Japp, det var ju återinvigning igår såg jag i mitt Facebookflöde.
 
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