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Old 17 Apr 11, 02:38 PM  
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There is a thread in chat and news at the mo and it looks like the strike has been called off. Don't quote me but thats what the article is saying. Fingers crossed this is correct.
Looks like the strikes may be back on for July and August.

Spanish air traffic controllers are planning 10 days of strikes that could wreck the travel plans of thousands of British holidaymakers during July and August.
The controllers are intending to take action on five days during July and five days during August.
The most potentially disruptive strike day would be Saturday, August 23 - during the UK Bank Holiday weekend.
Any stoppages by the controllers would hit the huge numbers of Britons who flock to such Mediterranean hotspots as Majorca, Ibiza and Menorca.
The controllers, who believe a proposed change in the law would limit their rights, are planning strikes for the 1st, 7th, 15th, 23rd and 31st of both July and August.
"We have had threats of Spanish strikes before and they have come to nothing, so we must hope that nothing happens this time," said a spokesman for the Association of British Travel Agents.
He went on: "We have been in touch with the UK Federation of Tour Operators and also the Spanish Tourist Board about this.
"If the worst happened, holiday companies would try to arrange flights around the stoppages and not leave people stranded. Certainly a strike on August 23 could be disastrous."
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Old 17 Apr 11, 03:12 PM  
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Originally Posted by Cinnabon View Post
Looks like the strikes may be back on for July and August.
Oh no! I do hope not.

But I'm confused:

The most potentially disruptive strike day would be Saturday, August 23 - during the UK Bank Holiday weekend.
August 23rd is not a Saturday, I know because that's the day before I (hopefully!) fly home. Its a Tuesday. The Saturday that falls on the bank holiday weekend would be 27th Aug.
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But I'm confused: August 23rd is not a Saturday, I know because that's the day before I (hopefully!) fly home. Its a Tuesday. The Saturday that falls on the bank holiday weekend would be 27th Aug.
Strange, well spotted.
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Originally Posted by Cinnabon View Post
Strange, well spotted.
Let's hope the whole article is a mistake...
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OK, lets not panic, after a bit of playing around with the link supplied above, that article seems to be from 2003! Which now makes sense why the dates are wrong.

(If you cut & paste the headline to the search box on the Mail website, it comes up with a date.)
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The Daily Mail regularly does this - it's infuriating. I noticed it a lot with stories about Ryanair recently for some reason - literally copy/pasted with the date changed!

I usually comment that it's a dredged up story from x number of years ago but it doesn't stop them re-printing them.
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