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My sister and her family have a flight home to NY on the 5. Hopefully it won’t happen or will be over by then.

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Oh no! Our United itinerary out of Seville back to US has the first leg on Luthansa to Frankfurt. It's not until October 30, though. Should I be concerned? Does anyone know what happens if your flight is canceled due to a strike?

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Could have something to do with it but no "Ai instead of Pilots" (yet):

slashdot is saying it's from CNBC but no link

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Lufthansa announced plans to cut 4,000 roles on Monday as it aims to increase profitability and lean on AI to drive efficiency. The airline group said it will eliminate a total of 4,000 FTE, or full-time equivalent, roles worldwide by 2030.

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...the company said in a release issued during its Capital Markets Day in Munich. CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski said earlier this year that artificial intelligence had partially helped to shrink the company's headcount by 40% down from 5,000 employees to almost 3,000.

This got me thinking about how to best avoiding airlines strike; I probably will book my next trip with an airline that just reached a deal to end a strike not too long ago :)