The perimeter of “the ground” extends well beyond strictly airline company personnel to other populations who are also threatened by the imperatives of the deregulation of the sky, and its organizational and social consequences. Ground staff includes workers who are directly involved in aircraft preparation, crew and passenger assistance, baggage and cargo tasks as well as personnel responsible for daily or short‐term maintenance and servicing (including minor repairs) also fall into this category, as do personnel responsible for cleaning aircraft and air traffic facilities (runways) and other infrastructure. The status of European air traffic controllers is not identical everywhere despite a single sky, and the French case is an exception and a paradox. Ground staff remain the ones who pay the largest contribution in a restructuring situation. The privatization of Aéroports de Paris is not an isolated case, since the 2005 reform decentralized the management of regional airports.
Ground Personnel Exposed to Headwinds: Restructuring on Land in Response to Air Deregulation
Shapes of Tourism Employment ; 155-172
2020-06-30
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