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Tuesday 6 October 2015

Air France: Managers beaten blue black by their staff after announcing job cuts

The director of Air France had his shirt almost ripped off (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Xavier Broseta, shirtless, tries to cross a fence, helped by security and police officers (Picture: Getty/AFP)

Air France managers were forced to flee a meeting about mass job cuts after angry staff waving banners and flags stormed the room.

The senior members of staff had their shirts ripped off and had to battle their way through crowds.

Images show airline human resources and labour relations chief Xavier Broseta being jostled by angry workers as he tried to escape.


Xavier Broseta is protected from crowds by security (Picture: Reuters)

Director of Air France in Orly Pierre Plissonnier after having his shirt almost ripped off (Picture: AFP)

Broseta and Air France Chief Executive Frederic Gagey had been detailing a “Plan B” to reduce company costs after negotiations with pilots and cabin crew failed.

CEO Gagey had already left the room before the works council meeting near Charles de Gaulle airport north of Paris was interrupted after about an hour.
Demonstrators try to enter to Air France (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Parent Air France-KLM said shortly afterwards that it planned to take legal action over ‘aggravated violence’ carried out against its managers.

An Air France-KLM spokesman said: ‘This violence was carried out by particularly violent, isolated individuals, whereas the protest by striking personnel was taking place calmly up until then.’

Air France confirmed during the meeting that it planned to cut 2,900 jobs by 2017 and shed 14 aircraft from its long-haul fleet, union sources said.

Proposed cuts are believed to include 1,700 ground staff, 900 cabin crew and 300 pilots.

Air France union activists break through a gate as they storm the headquarters (Picture: AP/Jacques Brinon)

Plissonnier is protected by security guards as he flees (Picture: AP /Jacques Brinon)

The long-haul business would be reduced by 10 percent.

The French airline also wants to cancel its order for Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, the sources added. Air France-KLM has 19 787-9 and six 787-10 jets on order.

Europe’s second-largest network carrier is seeking to cope with pressure from low-cost competition in Europe and Middle East long-haul carriers, and is at loggerheads with its main pilots union, the SNPL, over plans.

Air France’s Broseta and Plissonnier flee after scuffles with union activists (Picture: AP/Jacques Brinon)

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