On the third day of the strike, TAP is holding 72% of flights – publico

                 

                         
                     

                         

                 

 
                         

In the first half Sunday, TAP had held 72% of the calls by the airline planned for this Sunday, the 3rd day of strike called by the Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC).

                     

                          Of the 191 scheduled calls, 139 were canceled and fulfilled 52. The count, made based on updated data up to 13h, so points for cancellations percentage (28%) of next Saturday’s values. These figures include the flights of Portugalia group company headed by Fernando Pinto.

At the PUBLIC, the spokesman of the Portuguese airline, André Serpa Soares, said that the TAP were canceled 30 flights and carried 125. In the Portugalia are more links that were to ensure (22) than met routes (14).

Unknown is the number of pilots who joined the strike or that They had to work, given that the company does not disclose, arguing that not waged war numbers with the union. As for the passengers affected – information that TAP also has not released – the TAP spokesman sent an initial report for Monday

André Serpa Soares said that the trends of the first two days is. maintain. The impact of the strike continues to have “higher incidence in Porto, where the operation is largely ensured by Portugalia” and where membership of the riders to the shutdown has been greater, said the spokesman.

In the first two the ten-day strike, the tone of contention between the Civil Aviation Pilots’ Union (SPAC), which called the strike, and the administration remained accessible. Each made his reading of the strike impacts. On Saturday, while the TAP pointed to the early afternoon for a percentage of flights carried more than 80%, the union had other numbers (not comparable) saying that membership of the riders rode in the order of 70%.

And if on Friday the finance minister, António Pires de Lima, accused the SPAC to act radically and said there was “nothing to negotiate” after last minute negotiations on Thursday night ended not take effect on Saturday it was the turn of the union raise the tone of the criticism. A statement of the SPAC management, pilots accused the government of making “propaganda” when the Transport Secretary of State spoke in a foreclosure scenario.

“The SPAC launches a warning to employees of TAP and Portuguese so be prepared to pay the hole is VEM [the current M & E Brazil], as the profitable activity of TAP Group, air transportation, will be delivered tassel private, “says the union, referring to the group’s maintenance business in Brazil, purchased in 2006 the old Varig together with Geocapital and where TAP is now the sole shareholder.

Citing the findings of a report of Parpública (the management of the holdings the state), SPAC says “enough to close the Government COMES to restructure TAP, thus avoiding redundancies in Portugal.” For the union, “the threat of closure of TAP are just political propaganda and confirm that the Government’s intention is not to save the TAP but vindicating destroy the power of the unions, in particular the SPAC.”

The economy minister said on Friday, the 1st day of downtime, to close the door to a negotiation, but pointing out that the Government had shown the day before opening to go “to meet some pretensions” of the pilots, who did not specify. And then made an appeal: “What I want is to continue to work and, if possible, to increase the number of pilots and flights. Even in short courses routes, where the incidence of strike is greater, I appeal to the pilots to see the attitude of his colleagues. It is important for the country the planes lift flight. “