What was the most difficult part in Austrian's restructuring? Convincing employees to join us on this difficult and sometimes painful journey. A change in the company culture was extremely necessary. We had to change the way of thinking from that of a state-owned company, even though Austrian was privatized two years before I arrived. The aviation business environment has changed and employees have to change as well. We worked under difficult circumstances, with special problems. Luckily, following the framework agreement reached in October between Austrian and the Works Council for flight and cabin crew of its Tyrolean subsidiary, we can return some 3,200 flight attendants and pilots from Tyrolean to Austrian effective April 1, 2015. Accordingly, the entire flight operations will be integrated into Austrian Airlines. Before, when we couldn't reach a new collective agreement, we had to move crew to Tyrolean. You need to be tough in a way.
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