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Frankfurt / Main (dpa) - Lufthansa boss Carsten Spohr again threatens to lay off pilots in the spring.
"In the absence of an agreement, it will probably be the first time in the history of our company in the second quarter of 2021 that 500 captains and 500 first officers will have to leave us," said Spohr of "Wirtschaftswoche".
That would be a fifth of the approximately 5,000 pilots in the Lufthansa core company.
It can hardly be explained that no solution is foreseeable, said Spohr with a view to the pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC), with which a far-reaching agreement on cuts in the corona crisis is pending.
It was "of all things about the group of employees with the highest collective wages," said Spohr.
"Innovative part-time models for the next few years should be possible in order to compensate for the undoubtedly existing surplus of staff with as few layoffs as possible."
In the other employment groups, the agreed protection against dismissal applies.
Lufthansa, which was shaken by the corona crisis, has agreed on cuts with the flight attendant union UFO and Verdi.
VC and Lufthansa have so far only agreed on a short-term restructuring collective agreement for this year, which, according to the union, has saved around 150 million euros.
For example, increases in short-time working allowances, subsidies for company pensions and a wage increase were canceled.
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Lufthansa had already threatened the pilot with operational dismissals of up to 1,100 colleagues from the second quarter of 2021.
The Group has initiated corresponding negotiations with the works councils for a social plan and a reconciliation of interests.
The state rescued Lufthansa has already made a loss of 5.6 billion euros in the first nine months of the year due to the Corona crisis and reduced its flight offer.
By the end of the year, 29,000 jobs are to be cut at the group.