I cannot see it.  Spanish pilots must, surely, be looking at the Spanish air traffic controllers strike and the government’s response to it and recognise that the Spanish government could well call a further State of Alert in Spain to crush any strike they attempt.  It would therefore be a brave union that tempts the government to take that action – particularly a union with a relatively small membership, comprised of professionals who are perceived to be well paid.

The bottom line is that if you have booked flights to or from Spain over the Xmas period then I suspect that you will be safe from a Xmas pilot’s strike in Spain.

For sure, Spain needs stikes affecting its tourist industry like the proverbial ‘pain in the head’.  The Spanish economy is in deep trouble and the last thing it needs is to develop a reputation as somewhere unreliable in which to take a holiday.  As it is, the Spanish air traffic controller’s strike in Spain is estimated to have cost the country something like 300 million Euros, whilst adversely affecting some 650,000 people.  For this to be followed by a Spanish pilots strike must be unthinkable.