Lufthansa offers pilots 2-year job guarantee in exchange for return to talks on eve of strike
By APSunday, February 21, 2010
Lufthansa to pilots: Security until 2012
BERLIN — Lufthansa was seeking to head off a massive strike by offering pilots job security until 2012 if they return to talks instead of walking off their jobs.
Lufthansa board member Stefan Lauer told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on Sunday the airline was prepared to guarantee the jobs of its more than 4,000 pilots for two years if they return to negotiations.
Germany is bracing for major disruptions in travel if the pilots go through with their plan to strike from Monday through Thursday. The airline has already canceled around 600 flights and is scrambling to rebook passengers.
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