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Air traffic delays in southern Sweden coincide with union negotiations for air traffic controllers
Airline Industry Information, April 8, 2005
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The air traffic in southern Sweden saw major delays yesterday (7 April).
The cause of the delays and cancelled flights was reportedly staff shortages at the air traffic control centre in Malmo, Sweden. Many air traffic controllers were apparently off sick, and due to safety issues the amount of traffic allowed in the air space had to be limited, reported the Swedish radio at sr.se.
The management has reportedly said that the sickness absence is likely industrial action by the air traffic controllers, while the union has rejected this claim. The problems mainly affected the air traffic between Malmo and Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm.
According to the online edition of the Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan, central agreement talks between the air traffic controllers in the ST union and the employer, the Swedish civil aviation authority Luftfartsverket, started yesterday. There is reportedly already displeasure at the start, as the air traffic controllers think that the employer wants to worsen their working conditions. Luftfartsverket reportedly wants a 38-hour working week instead of 36. One air traffic controller anonymously told the newspaper that it means 12 more working days every year without additional compensation. There are also demands for a reorganisation of the working time to reduce the amount of time given to staff in compensation for uncomfortable working hours.
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