ATC
Next French ATC Strike Set For April 29, Despite Talks
Largest controller union objects to method of negotiation
The SNCTA union claims 46 percent of its controllers walked out on April 9. (Photo: Airborne06)
The SNCTA union claims 46 percent of its controllers walked out on April 9. (Photo: Airborne06)

France’s largest air traffic controller union, the SNCTA, is maintaining a strike notice for the April 29 to May 2 period despite deciding to cancel a walkout planned for April 16 to 18. After conducting a strike on April 8 and 9, the SNCTA now has expressed satisfaction with the outcome of an April 13 meeting with French civil aviation authority DGAC, but it says it remains wary of possible setbacks over the course of ongoing negotiations. Rather than salaries or organization, the heart of the problem lies with the method of negotiation over proposed changes to working conditions, it contends.