Icelandair fired all the flight attendants.

At the beginning of this year, people all over the world were troubled by this epidemic because of the appearance of COVID-19. Among them, major airlines have also become the hardest hit areas for layoffs. Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the flights of major airlines had to be reduced and cancelled, and the turnover of airlines was hit hard, followed by news of layoffs. First Lufthansa announced that it would lay off 22,000 people, then British Airways announced that it would lay off10.2 million people, and Delta Air Lines laid off10.0 million people. Recently, .............................................................................................................., icelandair directly announced the dismissal of all flight attendants. This news is really too heavy, and netizens were shocked for a time. ? God, without a flight attendant, who will do the job of a flight attendant? ? ,? Can I still take this plane? ?

Why did icelandair lay off staff?

According to the official explanation of icelandair, the main reason for layoffs is the breakdown of negotiations with trade unions, mainly about the salary and treatment of employees. Simply put, it is the treatment of flight attendants. The two sides failed to reach an understanding, so icelandair decided to lay off staff. The negotiations lasted for nearly three months and the negotiations have been deadlocked. The two sides could not reach an understanding and had to make a decision to dismiss all the flight attendants. Icelandic Airlines even said that all active flight attendants will be permanently dismissed and will never be re-employed.

How to ensure flight attendant service after icelandair laid off flight attendants?

According to the latest news released by Icelandic Airlines, pilots will take over all the work of flight attendants in the near future. Netizens started the discussion again. ? What? Pilots instead of flight attendants? So who will fly the plane? ? ,? Pilots and flight attendants are two kinds of jobs. Can pilots replace flight attendants? ?

When it comes to flight attendants, everyone's first reaction is that flight attendants serve passengers directly, distribute meals for passengers and help them solve problems. In fact, the most important job of flight attendants is to ensure the flight safety of passengers. They have to receive strict training, such as swimming, first aid, and assisting passengers to evacuate. Therefore, pilots in icelandair must have greatly reduced their service assistance when they were flight attendants, and icelandair also confirmed this. Due to the epidemic, the service assistance on the plane will be minimized.