Lufthansa aims to avert strike action by pilots

Lufthansa said it is seeking to avert another pilots’ strike after the union representing the cockpit staff broke off negotiations about retirement benefits last week. 

While the company is operationally prepared for a walkout by its pilots, the airline will strive to bring them back to the negotiation table and sent a letter to the Vereinigung Cockpit union yesterday to try and break the impasse, said Bettina Volkens, Lufthansa’s head of personnel.

“We’re prepared to make compromises and don’t understand why negotiations were declared a failure,” Volkens said at a news conference in Frankfurt. “We want to avoid a conflict and resume talks.”