What the heck is it with the European transportation network? Last weekend when I was in Germany the rail network was on strike, making my 15 minute journey to The Longest Bar in the World three times longer than it needed to be. That’s beer drinking time, people!
Earlier today, Reuters reports that Air France went on strike, disrupting a fair number of medium-haul flights, although at this rate longer haul flights will soon be affected.
Up to sixty percent of employees are participating in the protest of salaries and working conditions that will be renegotiated later this year.
I’m not going to make any crass comments on unions nor the parallels between the transportation market abroad and the domestic automotive industry (let your imagination run wild). But if you’ve got a ticket on an AF flight in the next few days it would be a good idea to call ahead and make sure that your flight is still leaving. There are going to be a lot of unhappy frenchies in the next few days.