Spanish air traffic controllers' strike

According to some sources,[4] air traffic controllers could earn up to 350,000 euros per annum, a claim that has been hotly disputed.

On the same day as the lock-out, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved plans to partially privatise Aena.

[4] Under the measure, controllers were escorted by armed guards and faced arrest for the crime of disobedience, stipulated in the Spanish military penal code in case of not showing up at work.

[6] The use of this measure by the Spanish government has been severely criticised by ATCEUC (Air Traffic Controllers European Unions Coordination) through a press release.

[7][8] And also by judge Juan Antonio Vázquez Taín: Aena's unilateral decision to close the airspace in December 2010 is not directly or indirectly attributable to the air traffic controllers who limit themselves to complying with a rule that sets the maximum number of hours they can work