Vosje, I wonder if you would still say the same if the next strike by ATC is a wildcat strike of 24 hours, starting exactly 1 hour before you were supposed to go on holiday - let's say to Egypt for 14 days. Your aircraft will be blocked in BRU and you will therefore only leave for Egypt with a delay of some 24 to 36 hours, meaning that you won't be in Luxor, on time for the expensive Nile cruise you have booked - and paid for. Cruise boat is gone, so if you still would leave for Egypt, you will now need a hotel in Luxor. But they, the touroperator is not responsible for your delay, so you will have to pay for those replacement overnights.Vosje wrote:First of all, I can completely understand the reasons for a strike. Being a member of the Belgian postal services I am very much aware on conditions of having few on staff topped by sickness giving us extra stress and workload, long days, growling colleagues and public.
As long as others are victims of a strike, it seems to be all OK, isn't it?
Same applies for Vosje's company, the Belgian Post. Delivery services (?) are on strike, for the second day today. Reason (?): see above, in Vosje's post. Wonder if families who last Friday have sent out letters with knowledge of a funeral also accept the "heavy workload" as a reason to go on a 48 hour strike.
For the record : I'm not part of management or ownership from a large company. I'm just a tax payer (low income, thus low taxes) who hates it when innocent people are used as hostage in a social dispute.