Alitalia chief blasts transport strike (2)

(ANSA) - Rome, June 16 - Alitalia Extraordinary Commissioner Luigi Gubitosi blasted Friday's transport strike, which he said had caused the troubled airline to cancel 170 of its 622 flights scheduled for the day. "Strikes on Friday in summer are irresponsible," he said. "Our first 15 flights of the day went ahead as normal and all the intercontinental services will fly.
    We are trying to turn black Friday into grey Friday". At the en of the day Alitalia said virtually none of their pilots had struck and only half of groundstaff compared to a previous strike. It said it had only had to cancel two flights on the actual day of the strike.