France | Air: threat of strike on November 14 because of the tax on plane tickets

After the ire of the airlines, the government is confronted with the anger of employees. The National Union of Line Pilots (SNPL), largely in the majority in the profession, has filed a strike notice for the day of November 14.

He calls on all pilots to strike to protest against the increase in the solidarity tax on plane tickets (TSBA), called the “Chirac tax”. “No consultation of stakeholders in the sector took place, nor was an impact study carried out to analyze the economic and social consequences of this measure! » we get carried away at SNPL.

A warning to the government

In the eyes of the SNPL, these additional costs, borne by travelers, will ultimately lead to “tens of thousands of job losses in France”. The union estimates that demand will seize up, and the revenues of companies, which are “barely recovering” from the devastating effects of the Covid 19 crisis, will plummet.

“This social disaster will go hand in hand with the weakening of French operators or operators operating regularly in France vis-à-vis their European and international competitors, with in addition a real risk of a reduction in the economic and tourist attractiveness of our country,” we insist at the SNPL.

This strike notice thus sounds like a warning to the government, invited to review its copy or risk seeing the emergence of a harsher movement in the future. The Ministry of Transport prefers to delay and minimize the consequences of the notice filed.