Brussels Airlines Pilots and Cabin Crew Strike: Refund and Rebooking Information

2024-01-12 16:54:00

The company says travelers whose flights are canceled will be informed. They will be able to request a refund or a rebooking on another flight. “Our teams are doing everything possible to ensure that travelers arrive at their destination as quickly as possible, in close collaboration with the other airlines of the Lufthansa group,” said Nico Cardone, spokesperson for Brussels Airlines.

Brussels Airlines pilots will begin a 24-hour strike on Saturday at 5:00 a.m., the socialist union Setca/BBTK announced earlier in the day. This “wildcat strike” is supported by the three unions, assured Olivier Van Camp of BBTK. The latter also specifies that this action might be followed by others “if the problems are not resolved”.

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The conflict concerns the “cafeteria plan”, a series of extralegal benefits that pilots receive in addition to their normal salary. According to BBTK, management refuses to index this cafeteria plan, de facto reducing the purchasing power of pilots. Olivier Van Camp also claims that management had promised to apply indexation following a judge ruled in favor of the unions. But she ultimately announced that she would appeal the decision.

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