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Pilots, Air France negotiating way to end strike
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_FRANCE_PILOTS_STRIKE?SITE=VANOV&SECTION=BUSINESS&TEMPLATE=DEFAULTPilots, Air France negotiating way to end strike
Sep 25, 6:26 AM EDT
PARIS (AP) -- Pilots' unions and Air France are in talks aimed at ending an 11-day strike over cost-cutting measures.
The walkout has grounded more than half of the airline's flights, stranding passengers worldwide.
Air France offered Wednesday night to scrap a central part of a plan to shift most of its European operations to low-cost carrier Transavia.
That plan prompted the strike, because pilots see it as a way to outsource their jobs to countries with lower taxes and labor costs. Air France wants to restructure to stay competitive with budget airlines and growing Gulf carriers.
