Lufthansa strike strands thousands
A strike by Lufthansa's pilots has forced the airline to cancel 3,800 flights. CNN's Jim Boulden reports from Frankfurt.

This is Terminal one here at Frankfurt International Airport. This is Lufthansa's check-in. Normally it would be bustling with passengers checking in the flight, but of course because of the three-day strike, Lufthansa says more than 400,000 passengers are being inconvenienced, cuz they had to cancel 3800

flights. There have been a smattering of flights going.Some of them are Wistarlines. So many people have booked a hotels in the region. I can tell you it's very hard indeed to get a hotel room here in Franfurt Airport. But one thing I will say is that because of the few flights that have been taken off, I have seen a flight to Brussels, Doha and Jordan.
During day one of the strike, hundreds of pilots have marched from the airport to hear Lufthansa's regional headquarters at Franfurt Airport. The Pilot Union and Lufthansa both tell me there are no tops currently plan to try to resolve the issue. "We don't think that's a good way for the whole German society to break down all the social security contracts we have here just to compete with China or with their airlines. We will never be able to compete with them because the differences in taxation and social security is so big that it's just impossible."
"I think we well prepared,information is running well, we've sent boxes with 200 SMS to our customers. But it's nevertheless not a good day for Lufthansa.

I really hope that we are going to negotiate and everything in negotiations is based on compromises and good will. And I hope that we are going to see this from both sides soon."
Now Lufthansa vows these check-in desks will be busy once again come Saturday when the airline plans to resume full operations. But unless the both sides return to the bargaining table and strike a deal, it's likely that Lufthansa's pilots could strike once again.