Updated 2015-03-05 10:15. Published 2015-03-04 17:58
The Norwegian still can fly is because they hire external aircraft with their own crews, and that you can take in the pilots from subsidiaries in other countries.
The strike causes, however huge costs for the airline and shares plummet on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
According to the Swedish tray Swedish Pilots ( SPF) is the strike mainly on the pilots want their collective agreement with Norwegian’s parent company. As it stands today, the pilots instead agreements with various subsidiaries in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, UK, Ireland, Spain, and more.
Martin Lindgren, president by Swedish Pilots’ Association (SPF), believes that Norwegian uses these “staffing companies” in order to drive down the conditions for pilots.
“Salaries are part of the question. But even job security for the individual. Flight safety will suffer if all aviators in Europe are freelancers who work against allowance, “he says.
Norwegian’s Communications Charlotte Holmbergh Jacobsson counters that the parties are agree on wage levels and the Norwegian just want to reduce pilot cost by requesting more flexibility.
“We do not lower their wages. In contrast, we want to increase efficiency by being more flexible in how they work. Now they are working always for 5 days and is then available for 4 days, “she says.
Despite the strike is it is not necessary to offer central collective agreements according Holmbergh Jacobson.
“We can not offer collective agreement in a company they are employed on. And we can not let them determine routes and control the company, “she says.
As for pilots’ wages she argues that they are very competitive.
“I’m almost sure that the pilots at the Norwegian earn better than pilots at SAS,” she says, and sends a list of average salaries for pilots and cabin crew (see table below).
It shows including a captain in average earning 102,000 dollars per month in Norway and that an officer has an average salary of 66,000 crowns. The same benefits also apply in Sweden and Denmark, said Holmbergh Jacobson.
On the Spanish subsidiary is Captain salaries similar: 96,000 per month. Meanwhile, flight attendant salaries only 15,000 per month in Spain, compared with SEK 40,000 in Norway.
Martin Lindgren SPF mean, however, that the figures are exaggerated.
“It is not true agree with what is written in the collective agreement. Moreover, the figures are misleading because they include salary, pension, insurance and other expenses for the company, “he says.
His salary example significantly lower.
“The starting salary at Norwegian is 30,000 dollars for a mate. The ceiling of a captain’s located on 80,000 crowns, “says Lindgren.
To the trade and Airlines fuss about salary levels in public is not uncommon. However, it is stupid. The mean anyway flights expert Christer Åhström, a journalist for the newspaper Flights Revue.
“Pilots talking pretty reluctant about their salaries. The reason is perhaps that people would think that they serve unwarranted lot of money if they spoke highly of it. Personally I think it should be more open. There is no remarkable wages given the training and the responsibility that pilots have, “he says.
| | Norway | Spain | England | Thailand |
| Captain | 102 000 SEK | 96.000 kr | 97.000 kr | 96.000 kr |
| Mate | 66.000 kr | 56.000 kr | 56.000 kr | 57.000 kr |
| Cabin Crew | £ 44,000 | 18.000 kr | 28.000 kr | 26.000 kr |
| Stewardess | 40 000 SEK | 15 000 SEK | 25.000 kr | 22.000 kr |
Source: Norwegian, August 2015th
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