easyJet said this afternoon that participation in the flight attendants strike around 5:00 pm was 49%, a figure the union disputes, maintaining 100% and providing only a minimum level of service.
In a statement sent to Lusa, the carrier said that, “updating the data released this morning,” the strike “recorded today, June 1, a strike of 49%. That is, 51% of the crew showed up on duty.”
President of the National Union of Civil Aviation Pilots (SNPVAC) Ricardo Penarroyas said he had “totally different” data.
Of the 50 scheduled flights to Lisbon, 44 were cancelled, according to the trade unionist, none of the 12 scheduled flights to Faro took place and 26 flights to Porto were canceled out of about 36 flights.
Ricardo Penarroyas stressed that the commitment is 100%, noting that “only minimal services have been provided.”
The union leader said easyJet’s numbers were “not very real” and accused the company of wanting to “mask” the impact of the strike. “There is no flight without a minimum of maintenance,” he assured.
On May 11, SNPVAC said in a statement that easyJet continues to regard the crews of the Portuguese bases as “small workers”, perpetuating their “unreliability and discrimination against colleagues from other countries.”
According to the union, “an atmosphere of tension and dissatisfaction, as well as a long stalemate in the resolution of various labor disputes, prompted SNPVAC to issue a strike notice” on May 26, 28 and 30, and on June 1 and 3. .
Over the three days of the strike, the union and the carrier provided very different figures, with easyJet pointing to spikes of 55%, 70%, 60%, and the union pointing to 100%.
The stoppage applies to “all flights operated by easyJet” as well as “other services that are assigned flight attendant duties” whose “presentation hours occur nationally from 00:01 to 24:00 every day.” says the strike announcement issued by the union.
When the shutdown was announced, easyJet said it was “extremely disappointed” with the strike call, deeming the union’s offer of a 63% to 103% increase “unworkable” and announced it would make changes to flights prior to the strike. a strike to soften the impact on customers.
In a statement dated May 19, SNPVAC assured that “easyJet has previously made the decision to mass cancel flights: out of 458 initial flights with Portuguese bases in Lisbon, Porto and Faro, the company has already canceled 384 flights in advance, i.e. 84% of scheduled flights.”