The airline industry is struggling to recover from the coronavirus crisis. The airline manufacturer Airbus will cut "approximately 15,000 jobs" worldwide, including 5,000 in France, by the summer of 2021 to cope with the economic losses caused by the Covid-19 crisis. The European aircraft manufacturer faces a 40% drop in deliveries. "These figures were a shock. We know that we are going to have really complicated weeks," says Françoise Vallin, of CFE CGC, at the microphone of Europe 1.
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"It's going to be a fight across the industry"
Like everyone else, she expected a high number of job cuts, but not to that extent. Françoise Vallin fears that these announcements send a bad signal, which could destabilize the whole sector and in particular the subcontractors.
"We are still talking about involuntary departures for the moment. This has never been seen in the group. It will be a fight throughout the sector. With similar measures at the leader of the sector, he will probably have consequences in other companies, "she warns at the microphone of Europe 1.
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"We rely a lot on the partial activity system"
The unions want to start negotiations as soon as possible. For Dominique Delbouis, the coordinator of the majority union at Airbus, forced departures represent the red line. He hopes for a massive use of partial unemployment. "We are counting a lot on this partial activity system to get through this crisis, limit the number of jobs to be cut, and avoid forced redundancies," he said. The unions are also banking on pre-retirement arrangements, training or setting up the new A321 line in Toulouse to limit the impact of this adaptation plan.