Brussels Airlines pilots to join cabin crew for December strike

Brussels Airlines pilots have announced they will be joining cabin crew for striking in December. Cabin crew’s “indefinite period” strike starts today while pilots are planning on walking out from 11 December onwards. The main problem that pilots are facing is insufficient rest time between flights, leading to work overload. “During the corona crisis, rest times were changed increasing workload for cabin crews and pilots. Staff are now requesting structural measures to build more rest times into their schedules”, Jolinde Defieuw, from the ACV Puls union explained. The strike has not been officially decided on yet, but pilots have expressed their willingness and readiness to walk out aiming to “force management back to the negotiating table”, said ACV Puls permanent secretary, Olivier Van Camp. “The problem is not that Brussels Airlines is short of pilots, but that there is a major problem with the management of human resources and particularly with the timetables,” added Van Camp.<br/>