The Portuguese Civil Aviation Pilots Union (SPAC) announced eight days of strike scheduled for 9, 10, 11, and 12 of December, 2011 and 3, 4, 5 and 6 of January 2012.
In a statement, SPAC said the decision to strike is a demand to the administration of TAP Air Portugal, the government run airline, “to comply with the rules of the company labor contract and to reinstate a working environment respectful of the parity between pilots and the administration.”