Strike by pilots and cabin crew causes delays at major Brazilian airports
The strike by pilots and cabin crew in Brazil, who intend to work two hours a day for an indefinite period of time, delayed on Monday, on its first day, about twenty flights in the country’s main airports.
Pilots and cabin crew paralyzed their activities between 6:00 and 8:00 local time at the airports of eight of the largest Brazilian cities, as part of a strike with which they are demanding wage increases and better working conditions.
The strike caused delays to several flights and the cancellation of others, but did not generate long lines of passengers at the air terminals due to a court decision that forced the Brazilian Airline Union to keep 90% of its personnel operating.
Amid apparent normality at the airports, groups of strikers staged small protests at the terminals in defense of their demands.
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Managers at São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, the busiest airport in the country and the one most affected by the stoppage, had to delay a dozen flights departing from Brazil’s largest city.
At Congonhas, Sao Paulo’s terminal for regional flights, 16 flights had to be delayed.
Among Rio de Janeiro’s airports, Galeao delayed three flights and Santos Dumond cancelled two and delayed five.
The strike also affected flights from the cities of Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre, Fortaleza and Campinas.
According to the concessionaires managing the airports affected by the strike, the situation was already normalized one hour after the end of the stoppage.
The pilots demand that their salaries be corrected for last year’s inflation, about 8 %, and that they be granted an additional real increase of 5 %.
The strikers are also demanding that their rest days be respected, as well as an increase in the hours they can rest between flights.
Pilots and cabin crew are threatening to maintain their two-hour daily strike until they reach an agreement with the employers’ union, reported EFE.
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