Flight chaos as Spanish pilots strike

[Johannes Schneider]

>From the BBC website, full text at:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1396000/1396331.stm
Tuesday, 19 June, 2001, 07:55 GMT 08:55 UK
Flight chaos as Spanish pilots strike
Air passengers in Spain are facing a day of disruption as pilots from the
airline Iberia stage a 24-hour strike over a pay claim.
The pilots' union, Seplar, is demanding a pay increase 3% above inflation,
and compensation for a pay freeze imposed in 1995.
More than a quarter of the airline's 1,000 scheduled domestic and
international flights have been cancelled.
The strikes are set to continue every Tuesday in June and July, and every
Monday in August.