French pilots call off a planned strike after the government agreed to alter legislation.

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A planned four-day strike by pilots in France has been called off after the French government agreed to make changes to social reform legislation. SNPL, the French pilots union, had been planning to join flight attendants in four days of strike action starting on 5 November.

The SNPL was due to support industrial action by the flight attendants union, SNPNC. However, the SNPL said the government had admitted the wording of the legislation exceeded the initial objectives of the bill. Under the bill, the Draft Law of Financing Social Security in 2011, some benefits become taxable.

The new legislation would have meant that some benefits enjoyed by airline staff would have become taxable. Unions complained that passing the new legislation without the amendments they demanded would have major financial consequences for their members. Airline staff commonly use discounted air tickets to commute to places of work located far from their homes.

Major travel disruption has been caused across France in recent weeks as workers from a variety of sectors have gone on strike in protest at social reforms proposed by the Sarkozy government. Disruptions to fuel supplies have even forced the cancellations of many flights out of the UK and Ireland.

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