Pablo Biró, Pilots Guild: "It's going to scale and it's going to end very badly"

Pablo Biró, Secretary General of the Airline Pilots Association (Apla), spoke of the meetings organized by his union on Friday morning which resulted in delays and cancellations in dozens of flights.

"It will degenerate and end very badly because (the government) is not giving us another alternative.When you place someone at the edge of a cliff, he will turn around and defend himself at some point ", said Biró on Radio Con Vos.

The government said the strike was "political reasons". Minister of Transport Guillermo Dietrich pointed the Kirchner.

"This internationalization of the market leaves us all without work," denounced the union leader and added: "We were very tolerant, but they went too far: they can not open the sky with the United States and devastate all the Argentine airlines ".

"This Friday, we held meetings from 5 to 8 am in the wake of the commercial market crisis that had already led to hundreds of dismissals without the possibility of professional reintegration," Biró said.

"We would like to do nothing, but there is a blockade of the media that prevents us from knowing this reality and is emboldened by the fact that the government gives no response," he said.

Earlier, the Minister of Transport stressed Kirchnerism, saying that the demonstration had a political intention and that "it is another example of intolerance with the population. from Pablo Biró (Apla), leader of the Kirchnerist ".

"Coincidentally, these measures are chosen at a time when they can make life very difficult for people, because today begins a long weekend," said the national leader, adding: "What this reflects (this measure), that's how Kirchnerism seeks to affect all these good things we have accomplished. "

Pilots affiliated with Apla have held information rallies at their workplace since Friday, causing delays and at least 30 cancellations. The workers of the Argentine Aircraft Association (AAA) have done the same between 8 and 10 people.