Netherlands-based EasyJet pilots to strike Friday

Dozens of EasyJet pilots based in the Netherlands will hold a second strike Friday lasting 24 hours after failing to secure better working hours, pensions and sick pay from the airline. The pilots are unhappy about their working hours, do not receive sick pay and want the company to make larger pension contributions. An 8-hour strike last week had a limited effect on flights out of Amsterdam Schiphol since the airline was able to bring in replacement crews from other airports. The Dutch Airline Pilots Association was unable to say if this strike would have more impact. "There's still an impasse with EasyJet about the collective employment contract," said a strike coordinator whose union is acting for around 60 pilots. <br/>