Press Releases

09.10.2015 Etihad Airways Partner Pilots Meeting

For the second meeting of the Etihad Airways Partner Pilots representatives of the responsible associations met in Vienna on October 6th. The now regular meeting is popular amongst its participants and has a great potential for a highly productive exchange of information.  Details

15.09.2015 VC’s strike actions and the courts’ interim injunction

At the beginning of September 2015, the board of Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) formally declared negotiations for a new collective labour agreement (CLA) regarding transitional pension schemes to had failed resulting in industrial action. The first strike action on Tuesday, 8th of September 2015 was...  Details

07.09.2015 VC calls for strike measures at Lufthansa

This morning Vereinigung Cockpit (VC, German ALPA) has called for strike measures on Tuesday, 8th of September 2015 from 08.00lt until 23.59 lt. It will affect all departures with Lufthansa from Germany with Airbus A380, A330 / 340 and Boeing B747. Furthermore, all departures of Lufthansa Cargo from Germany will be affected.

At the end of July, VC made an offer for an alliance for employment and growth. This offer included vast concessions on a variety of issues, worth over 500 mill. €. However, Lufthansa rejected this offer at the beginning of September. During the past weekend Lufthansa submitted a proposal....  Details

07.09.2015 Lufthansa rejects VC’s offer for cost reduction

At the beginning of September representatives of Vereinigung Cockpit (VC, German ALPA) met with Lufthansa management, including Lufthansa-CEO Carsten Spohr. Subject of this meeting was VC’s offer for an alliance for employment and growth made at the end of July. In this meeting, Lufthansa rejected...  Details

17.08.2015 VC offers package deal to Lufthansa

In late July, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) has offered a package to Lufthansa management calling for an alliance for employment and growth. In the light of an approaching pilot shortage and out of responsibility for pilot jobs and the economic success of Lufthansa, the deal offered by VC would save...  Details

20.07.2015 Lufthansa blocks arbitration

On July 6, 2015, talks with Lufthansa management regarding the beginning of an arbitration failed before they ever started! In December 2014, Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) first proposed an arbitration including all open issues. At first, Lufthansa did not accept this offer. However, in April 2015,...  Details