Friday, March 6, 2015

Norwegian’s chief Bjorn Kjos, “We are on the secure foundation” – Swedish Radio

Pilot Unions argue that the airline Norwegian violates the Work Environment Act by transferring striking pilots to three newly formed subsidiaries. The CEO of Norwegian, Bjørn Kjos, rejects the union’s assertion in an interview with Echo correspondent this evening.

– We mean you we are on safe legal basis . Here are the top lawyers who are inside and values, said Bjorn Kjos to echo.

The conflict at Norwegian seem to just continue to forced up. Pilot strike began last Saturday, and still seem unions and employers stand very far from varnadra.

Norwegian has today decided to move over their strikers Scandinavian pilots to three newly formed subsidiary; one in Sweden, one in Norway and one in Denmark.

Bjorn Kjos says it is impossible to agree to union demands that have become employees of the Norwegian parent company.

It would jeopardize airline’s ability to finanisering, especially now that the loss-making company is about to buy 240 new aircraft.

– So we do have 5000 employees, and we have a sea of subsidiary. To merge everything to a parent would be quite impossible for a bank or financial institution to assess risks more. There are no major airlines that organize themselves in the field, said Kjos.

The conflict between the Norwegian and the unions have now been a week, and during the evening news came from the airline to almost 35 000 passengers will be hit by strike Also in the morning.

Almost all Norwegian domestic flights in Sweden, Norway and Denmark are set in the morning, so even the majority of the departures between the Scandinavian capitals. The airline’s long flights from Scandinavia to England, USA and Thailand, planned to go as usual.

On Thursday forced However, several of the Norwegian international flights from Arlanda, north of Stockholm, Amsterdam and Paris, to be set.

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