Sunday press: Tesla, army and ski guide

Whether with the fighter jet F-35 or in cloud services: the federal government depends in many areas of large tech companies from the USA-and thus delivered the moods of the new US government under Donald Trump. Now it shows that even with smaller procurements there are delicate dependencies. In the Swiss army, thirty Teslas run as a company car for professional military « NZZ on Sunday » communicated. But Tesla is always criticized for lack of data protection. And in the military context, Teslas are particularly delicate.

42 percent of the respondents would even spoke more to defense than Parliament spoke. For 34 percent, a good third, the political plans are sufficient. As a reminder: The Federal Council would like to increase the defense budget to one percent of gross domestic product by 2032 – this would currently be around CHF 9 billion. Last week, the National Council’s Security Policy Commission called for an additional billion. That seems to be in the sense of the people. 35,000 people took part in the survey of Leewas on behalf of Tamedia and “20 minutes” in April. A different survey result also shows that the Swiss are increasingly going to the United States: only 30 percent support the purchase of the American F-35 fight jets.

Expensive fees and delays: Easyjet and Swiss criticize Skyguide

The airlines Easyjet and Swiss criticize the state air traffic control Skyguide for high fees. Skyguide increased the fees lush on January 1st. The overflow fees, which are due for the crossing of Swiss airspace, opened by 38 percent- and the arrival and departure fees for Zurich and Geneva have increased by 24 percent. The Swiss criticizes: « For us, the cost increase is in no way in a comprehensible relationship to the performance. » And further: « We expect the quality and services to be right with increasing fees. »