Macron 's government has given the staff the right to stay in bed during their shifts amid a row with the National Union of Air Traffic Controllers, which threatened to call its members to strike.
Staff to get pay rises and more holidays under a government deal with the unionAir traffic controllers in France have been given the right to turn up to work three hours late after the government abandoned plans to force them to report for work on time.
Staff will now get a pay rise of up to £15,500 and additional benefits including 18 additional days off a year and retirement at 59 thanks to a deal signed by the government, in what is widely seen as a coup for the union. Around a quarter of all flights in France were delayed last year, 24.31 per cent, a slightly lower figure than the UK, were the proportion of late flights is 25.39 per cent.
But there was a breakdown in negotiations with unions regarding the planned overhaul, with workers demanding it be accompanied with high salaries and threatening strike action. One told Le Parisien that they were told that they would be 'paid very well and have a lot of free time', but had to accept the level of responsibility that goes with the job when they are on the clock.
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