It was not at the end of the night, but later in the morning, that the laborious negotiations on air traffic control reform finally came to fruition between the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) and the air traffic control organizations. air traffic controllers. The very majority National Union of Air Traffic Controllers (SNCTA) whistled the end of the game on Wednesday, April 24, by lifting the strike notice planned for Thursday, April 25. To avoid a movement that promised to be massive and cancellations of flights in proportion, the government gave in on the main demand of the SNCTA, which demanded access for controllers at the end of their career to the highest salary indices in the administration. .
The law, which since the beginning of the year has required air traffic controllers to declare a strike forty-eight hours before the start of the movement, has had an unexpected boomerang effect. This time, the authorities and the DGAC were able to measure the very strong mobilization of air traffic controllers at the call of their organizations, and in particular the SNCTA. In addition to Thursday’s strike, the concessions accepted by the government also make it possible to lift the strike notice which was planned for the Ascension weekend, May 9, 10 and 11.
However, the very late agreement reached on Wednesday does not completely avoid traffic disruptions, even if the SNCTA calls on the switchers to ” Cancel [leur] Statement ” of strike. On Thursday, the DGAC still plans to cancel hundreds of flights. It asks airlines to reduce their flight schedule by 75% at Orly and 55% at Roissy – Charles-de-Gaulle. The DGAC also called “passengers who can do so to postpone their trip and contact their airline to find out the status of their flight”.
“More security, fewer delays”
On Wednesday, Patrice Vergriete, the Minister for Transport, welcomed an agreement “win-win”, without however giving details of its content. According to him, “the user will find more security, fewer delays”. Unlike the other unions, which pleaded for a substantial modification of the reform under negotiation, the SNCTA mainly demanded salary increases.
The majority union also called for a review of the working hours of switchers, which would take into account “seasonality, peak hours, weekdays, weekends and daytime”. “There were statutory measures that were given, but not all of what the unions wanted”reported the minister.
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