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by Tiziana Di Giovannandrea October 4, 2019The trade union organizations have decided the hard line in the story of the Alitalia recovery plan and clearly say: "We can no longer wait" because what is put at risk is the survival of the airline itself.

Thus the trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl, Uil Trasporti and Ugl Trasporto Aereo, according to what has been announced by union sources, have started the preliminary procedures for the proclamation of the strike of the workers of Alitalia while they ask that the minister of economic development Stefano Patuanelli report and they say a 'no' to layoffs.

The Alitalia dossier is a source of strong concern for the government and the premier Giuseppe Conte from Assisi, where he went for the celebrations of St. Francis, defines the "complicated" situation, ensuring that everything possible will be done to solve the employment problem and relaunch a strategic asset, asking not to "mix" with the Autostrade affair. Atlantia, the Benetton company that controls Autostrade per l'Italia, in fact threatened to pull out of the consortium to save the airline if the concessions were withdrawn. In Assisi, the premier says clearly: "The government has been very clear from the beginning: Alitalia is a question; Autostrade is the administrative procedure, which has already been underway for some time, another question. The mixture between the two plans, for we in the government are unacceptable: I was clear from the beginning, "the prime minister assured.

Carlo Cottarelli evaluates: "The failure of privatization is better". In an interview with Radio Capital, the economist comments: "In Alitalia we have already put in 10 billion, there will also be a solution that allows the aircraft to continue to fly managed by the private sector without the State having to keep putting the money , because it can't go on like this. Bankruptcy? What happened in other countries is that a company formally fails but a private company resumes making airplanes fly, and in doing so the connections are not lost ".

Meanwhile, the 24-hour strike on 9 October was confirmed by FNTA, the National Air Transport Federation which brings together pilots and flight attendants from Anpac, Anpav and An. The Fnta has sent a direct letter to the Mise to the attention of the Minister Patuanelli expressing "concern about the serious difficulties that emerged in the last hours".