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Strikes Imminent For Bulgaria
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posts : 13 (Beginner)Date : 03-09-05 19:42Strikes Imminent For Bulgaria
SORRY TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS BUT IVE BEEN TOLD TODAY THAT PLOVDIV AND SOFIA AIRPORTS ARE GOING TO TO BE HOLDING A 5 DAY STRIKE STARTING ON SATURDAY. I BELIEVE ITS BAGGAGE HANDLERS BUT THAT EFFECTS ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS. I TRIED PHONING MY TOUR OPERATOR TO SEE WHAT THE HELL WE DO FROM HERE. THEY SAID THEY HAD NO NEWS OTHER THAN THEY TOO HAD HEARD TODAY OF THE STRIKE BUT WERE WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION BUT STRESSED WE WERE INSURED SHOULD THE HOLIDAY BE CANCELLED.
I KNOW FROM PREVIOUS ...
I KNOW FROM PREVIOUS ...
SORRY TO BE THE BEARER OF BAD NEWS BUT IVE BEEN TOLD TODAY THAT PLOVDIV AND SOFIA AIRPORTS ARE GOING TO TO BE HOLDING A 5 DAY STRIKE STARTING ON SATURDAY. I BELIEVE ITS BAGGAGE HANDLERS BUT THAT EFFECTS ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS. I TRIED PHONING MY TOUR OPERATOR TO SEE WHAT THE HELL WE DO FROM HERE. THEY SAID THEY HAD NO NEWS OTHER THAN THEY TOO HAD HEARD TODAY OF THE STRIKE BUT WERE WAITING FOR CONFIRMATION BUT STRESSED WE WERE INSURED SHOULD THE HOLIDAY BE CANCELLED.
I KNOW FROM PREVIOUS HOLIDAYS THAT THE AIRPORTS ARE A SHAMBLES AT THE BEST OF TIMES SO IM CONCERNED TO SAY THE LEAST. ANYBODY ELSE BEEN ADVISED ANYTHING?
I KNOW FROM PREVIOUS HOLIDAYS THAT THE AIRPORTS ARE A SHAMBLES AT THE BEST OF TIMES SO IM CONCERNED TO SAY THE LEAST. ANYBODY ELSE BEEN ADVISED ANYTHING?
re: Strikes Imminent For Bulgaria
Can't find anything on the Bulgarian News feeds - and looked in two or three sitesJ
re: Strikes Imminent For Bulgaria
thats good to hear (i think) fingers crossedre: Strikes Imminent For Bulgaria
Where did you get this info?re: Strikes Imminent For Bulgaria
I suspect it is connected with the pilots strike (Bulgaria Air pilots likely to go on strike after the company refused to raise salaries and sacked a few pilots). The situation is tense and nobody can tell what will happen.re: Strikes Imminent For Bulgaria
Do you think it's time to start looking for another skiing holiday, booked to go Saturday?re: Strikes Imminent For Bulgaria
Taken from BBC news in Bulgaria:
Date: 09/03/2005 Source: Standartnews
"Bulgaria Air" Aces Fired
The management of "Bulgaria Air" fired their best 15 pilots. The official motive was downsizing. Thirteen of them are commanders, the other 2 - second pilots. Some 10 days ago the Civil Aviation Pilots Union demanded a rise of pilots' salaries from 1,900 BGN up to about 2,300 euro. But the management of the company turned down the demand. "We are not going to suspend the flights ...
Date: 09/03/2005 Source: Standartnews
"Bulgaria Air" Aces Fired
The management of "Bulgaria Air" fired their best 15 pilots. The official motive was downsizing. Thirteen of them are commanders, the other 2 - second pilots. Some 10 days ago the Civil Aviation Pilots Union demanded a rise of pilots' salaries from 1,900 BGN up to about 2,300 euro. But the management of the company turned down the demand. "We are not going to suspend the flights ...
Taken from BBC news in Bulgaria:
Date: 09/03/2005 Source: Standartnews
"Bulgaria Air" Aces Fired
The management of "Bulgaria Air" fired their best 15 pilots. The official motive was downsizing. Thirteen of them are commanders, the other 2 - second pilots. Some 10 days ago the Civil Aviation Pilots Union demanded a rise of pilots' salaries from 1,900 BGN up to about 2,300 euro. But the management of the company turned down the demand. "We are not going to suspend the flights regardless of the dismissals", chair Todor Penev assured. The dismissals of the pilots is within the competence of the board of directors of "Bulgaria Air", and that's why I cannot comment on it, Minister of Transport Nikolay Vassilev stated.
Date: 09/03/2005 Source: Standartnews
"Bulgaria Air" Aces Fired
The management of "Bulgaria Air" fired their best 15 pilots. The official motive was downsizing. Thirteen of them are commanders, the other 2 - second pilots. Some 10 days ago the Civil Aviation Pilots Union demanded a rise of pilots' salaries from 1,900 BGN up to about 2,300 euro. But the management of the company turned down the demand. "We are not going to suspend the flights regardless of the dismissals", chair Todor Penev assured. The dismissals of the pilots is within the competence of the board of directors of "Bulgaria Air", and that's why I cannot comment on it, Minister of Transport Nikolay Vassilev stated.
