I have recently strayed somewhat from my centrel objective of portraying life as a Spanish air traffic controller. Tomorrow there's a general strike in Spain, as indeed in most of Europe. You must bear in mind that in Spain there are six million unemployed from a population of about 45 million. The quality of life is falling dramatically and job security is a dying concept. So there are many reasons to strike, but probably not enough cojones, considering that managers are looking for excuses to reduce their workforce and thereby improve the balance sheet, and compensation for redundancy is also endlessly falling.
What about controllers? Where do we stand on the strike? Two utterly useless questions because we are not allowed to strike at all in practical terms. Minimum services have been decreed above 100 %. Yes it is possible, the people forced to work include controllers who had had personal matters day leave granted. Now they've got no personal matters to deal with, at least tomorrow.
So, to summarise, tomorrow there will probably be about 50% of traffic and 110% of controllers. Why not decree less and show some respect for rights?
I shall write shortly about balancing family and work life. Or not.
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