Overview
- Vereinigung Cockpit said 99% of voting members backed potential strike action at Cityline with 95% turnout, though no strike date was set.
- VC demands pay increases of 3.3% annually for 2024 to 2026, rejecting an employer offer it says falls short and would impose a peace obligation through the end of 2027.
- Lufthansa has proposed cost‑neutral changes to company pensions and the use of an external moderator to discuss flight‑operations organization, which affects pilots’ career prospects.
- Cityline operates about 30 jets with roughly 500 pilots, and management plans to end its operations next year and transfer routes to Lufthansa City Airlines, a move VC says is separate from current pay talks.
- A joint tariff commission covers cockpit staff across group units, raising the prospect of coordinated measures after a recent one‑day pilot strike at the core airline canceled more than 800 flights and affected around 100,000 passengers.