- "Ver.di, which represents the ground staff at the Cologne Bonn airport, has asked the IPA to withhold our services as pilots during their 24 hour strike," said IPA President, Captain Robert Travis. "We will honor their strike and not cross the ver.di picket lines." It is estimated that the ver.di strike will impact about sixty UPS flights into and out of the Cologne Bonn airport. "Last week we opened our strike center in anticipation of a potential strike of UPS by our pilots. Now, less than a week later, we are operating the strike center in support of our German co-workers," said Travis. "We will demonstrate our solidarity with our co-workers in Germany, and we are confident they will support us, should that time come."