Pilot strike would give large disturbances – Dagens Industri

Pilot strike would bring major disruptions

                  2015-05-08 22:50
             

Pilot union SPF gives notice of strike in the Swedish part of the SAS from May 21 Negotiations for a new collective agreement is canceled with immediate effect.

Will there be a strike may be the major influence on domestic flights.

It says Ulf Wallin, Press Officer at Swedavia, which owns and operates several of Sweden’s airports, adding that even some international flights would be affected.

Peter Larsson, Chairman of the pilot union SAS’s says in a press release from the Swedish Pilots’ Association (SPF), that the reason for the layoffs is that unions and employers have many unresolved issues in several key areas.

“Since a long time the parties are far apart and we do not see that negotiations lead nowhere,”

Do not comment

Malin Selander, press officer at SAS in Sweden, wanted on Friday afternoon did not comment on how the strike would affect travelers. But to TT she said earlier that the company is surprised by the pilots’ action.

She now hopes to continue the dialogue with the union, and suggests that it managed to negotiate an agreement with the Danish Pilot Association. In Norway, negotiations are still ongoing, but there has been no agreement on any agreement.

Our goal is for us to create modern and flexible collective agreements. Above all, we want the offer collective agreement to secure employment in the SAS pilots according to the Scandinavian model, says Malin Selander.

The need for it Selander call “to modernize our agreements” because according to her, the market situation and the tough competition prevailing in the aviation industry.

SAS must back

The pilot union’s Peter Larsson stated that the Swedish SAS pilots love to take part in constructive solutions to the challenges facing the company.

“In order to reach a solution that both parties can accept, however, require that SAS has the will to back down from their demands for further substantial concessions in our collective agreements,” he said.

Larsson believes that the conflict is of great Some of defending jobs and pilots’ right to career opportunities in the company.

Malin Selander slips away TT’s questions about the risk that the entire Swedish part of SAS’s fleet will be on the ground for nearly two weeks.

We are totally committed to us to reach the goal of a new collective agreement, she says.

Selander emphasizes, however, that the company’s goal is that the agreements will become more flexible and easier to SAS to become “a bit more agile” in the market situation and the competition that exists.