[VOA]

“
Spain may extend its state of emergency for up to two months to
train military personnel to take over the jobs of those air traffic controllers
who are sacked or face legal action...
“

My goodness!
Sounds like there is a virtual version of Ronald Reagan at work in Spain.
(RE: Reagan’s firing of the PATCO flight controllers when they went on strike)

[J Aguilar]

Please, take into account that the controllers stop working after the Socialist government targeted them in a rush economic decree:

The air traffic controllers' walkout out came only a few hours after the Socialist government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero rushed in new economic measures regulating their working hours and pledging to sell part of state-owned airport authority AENA raising up to €9bn.

However, the controllers are not responsible for Spanish economic situation (not even AENA's, sacked in the government investment in new airport terminals); therefore, one cannot but conclude that Zapatero's government seek confrontation with them on a Friday before holiday in Spain, in order to impose an illegal State of Emergeny