While the sky grows dark over French air travel and strike notices multiply, including the latest one issued by Volotea pilots, a piece of good news is emerging on the easyJet side.
Labor unions of the low-cost carrier had been the first to raise the stakes, due to structural instability and increasing scheduling volatility.
By July, discontent was mounting, and then a strike notice had been filed by several PNC unions, including SNPNC-FO of the company.
It ran from August 7 to September 2, 2026.
Last week, the main union flexed its muscles in the face of a management team that had said “no to almost all the proposals we have made“, as William Bourdon, the SNPNC-FO section secretary, told us.
The previous weekend, the low-cost carrier endured the most significant strike movement in its history, leading to the cancellation of nearly 180 flights.
And as another weekend of walkouts loomed, the EasyJet France management backed down and resumed talks with the unions.
According to our information, staff representatives are expressing satisfaction with the advances and proposals that have been offered to them.
Labor unions of the low-cost carrier had been the first to raise the stakes, due to structural instability and increasing scheduling volatility.
By July, discontent was mounting, and then a strike notice had been filed by several PNC unions, including SNPNC-FO of the company.
It ran from August 7 to September 2, 2026.
Last week, the main union flexed its muscles in the face of a management team that had said “no to almost all the proposals we have made“, as William Bourdon, the SNPNC-FO section secretary, told us.
The previous weekend, the low-cost carrier endured the most significant strike movement in its history, leading to the cancellation of nearly 180 flights.
And as another weekend of walkouts loomed, the EasyJet France management backed down and resumed talks with the unions.
According to our information, staff representatives are expressing satisfaction with the advances and proposals that have been offered to them.
easyJet France: the strike notice is suspended!
“We have decided to suspend the strike notice due to a relatively satisfactory proposal that was put to us by management“, William Bourdon told us.
At the moment we are writing these lines, we do not yet know the solutions advanced to address this scheduling stability issue.
We are told that the advances being outlined are enough to stop the movement.
If it is hoped that these measures will have a significant and rapid impact on the issue highlighted in exclusive coverage by TourMaG.com, management has also put in place financial compensation for the abrupt changes to schedules.
A survey has been launched by the unions among their members to determine whether these proposals meet their expectations. It is to run until September 1.
“There is therefore no strike directive, nor strikers, until the end of the survey.
Depending on the results, which so far favor resolving the conflict, we will sign an agreement starting on September 2. The strike notice will then be definitively lifted, once the signatures are affixed to the document“, the unionist said with satisfaction.
Once this page closes, if no unfortunate reversal occurs, discussions on NAO, another thorny topic, will then begin.
At the moment we are writing these lines, we do not yet know the solutions advanced to address this scheduling stability issue.
We are told that the advances being outlined are enough to stop the movement.
If it is hoped that these measures will have a significant and rapid impact on the issue highlighted in exclusive coverage by TourMaG.com, management has also put in place financial compensation for the abrupt changes to schedules.
A survey has been launched by the unions among their members to determine whether these proposals meet their expectations. It is to run until September 1.
“There is therefore no strike directive, nor strikers, until the end of the survey.
Depending on the results, which so far favor resolving the conflict, we will sign an agreement starting on September 2. The strike notice will then be definitively lifted, once the signatures are affixed to the document“, the unionist said with satisfaction.
Once this page closes, if no unfortunate reversal occurs, discussions on NAO, another thorny topic, will then begin.
Published by Romain Pommier Journalist – TourMaG.com View all articles by Romain Pommier
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