Air Caraibes CE describes 2016 strike as 'very good thing'
Air Caraibes CE Marc Rochet believes that last year's strike in reaction to the creation of long-haul low-cost offshoot French Blue was a "very good thing" for the two airlines. Rochet conceded that Air Caraibes management had been "partly responsible" for the 3-day strike by staff in April "because the vision we gave to them [was] not very clear". But following the industrial action, cabin crew and pilot unions "have agreed that we should be in the long-haul low-cost market, so they understood that if we didn't do that we would be out of the market one day, and that will be a big mistake", Rochet says. A settlement was reached limiting the growth of French Blue for 3 years until 2019 in exchange for a 10% cost reduction. <br/>
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/news/hot-topics/2017-02-27/unaligned/air-caraibes-ce-describes-2016-strike-as-very-good-thing
https://portal.staralliance.com/cms/logo.png
Air Caraibes CE describes 2016 strike as 'very good thing'
Air Caraibes CE Marc Rochet believes that last year's strike in reaction to the creation of long-haul low-cost offshoot French Blue was a "very good thing" for the two airlines. Rochet conceded that Air Caraibes management had been "partly responsible" for the 3-day strike by staff in April "because the vision we gave to them [was] not very clear". But following the industrial action, cabin crew and pilot unions "have agreed that we should be in the long-haul low-cost market, so they understood that if we didn't do that we would be out of the market one day, and that will be a big mistake", Rochet says. A settlement was reached limiting the growth of French Blue for 3 years until 2019 in exchange for a 10% cost reduction. <br/>
