While there were 146 of them managing the airport’s activity of around fifteen lines per day before 2019, there are now only 76, with only six lines on average daily, denounce the representatives of the CSE.
The editorial team advises you
If Stéphanie Cazajous, Stéphanie Opsommer and Mélanie Sarasketa are not used to complaining, they chose, this time, to speak out to remind us that in addition to affecting the Béarnaise clientele “there is human, suffering.” Especially since these layoffs already follow non-renewal of positions following retirements and voluntary departures.
“Like a big family”
“We are seeing a lot of information and comments about the situation at the airport. We want people to understand that we consider ourselves one big family. The atmosphere has been such until now that the average age of seniority in the house has been around 25 years! », Confide the three staff representatives.
Proof of this solidarity, at the time of Covid, employees had chosen partial activity to save all jobs. An effort that they managed to hold from March 2020 to December 31, 2023. Despite this, the team suffered a few months after the outsourcing of the security guard service.
“The file has never been so much in the hands of François Bayrou! »
The editorial team advises you
The team is now warning about this situation, which according to them does not bode well. “When the economic layoffs were announced, we were reminded of the consequences of Covid, the non-support from politicians and the region, the subsidies allocated to Tarbes which ended up causing us to lose Transavia. We now hope that the mayor of Pau who has become Prime Minister does not forget us. He had alerted his predecessor Michel Barnier, now the file has never been so much in the hands of François Bayrou! »
And remember that the State also owes money to the airport for its investments in security. “Ideally, Pau Orly should reopen with an evening arrival in Pau and a morning departure, in order to meet our main business clientele. This would finally offer a breath of fresh air,” they hope.
