Pilots at Lufthansa's Eurowings plan strike on Oct 6 after talks fail

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VC wants Eurowings to ease pilots’ workloads by, for example, cutting the amount of time a pilot would have to be on duty or increasing their rest periods, it said in a statement.

“It is not enough to sit at the negotiating table – you also have to be willing to find a solution and not present counter-demands as an offer,” said VC head Marcel Groels.

A Eurowings board member, Kai Duve, said in a statement that the demands endanger the viability of the airline.

The pilots had voted 97.7% in favour of strike action in a vote in August.