Peter Larsson, Chairman of the pilot union’s SAS-section, believes that the negotiations have been complicated.
– We have many unresolved issues in several important for us. Since a long time the parties are far apart and we do not see that negotiations lead nowhere, he said according to a press release from the Swedish Pilots’ Association (SPF).
Malin Selander, press officer at SAS in Sweden, says that the company is surprised the pilots’ action. But she hopes for a continued 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.
Pilot union PetterLarsson report that Swedish SAS pilots love to take part in constructive solutions to the challenges facing the company.
– For 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 largely involves defend jobs and the pilots’ right to career opportunities in the company.
Malin Selander slips away TT’s questions about the risk that the whole of the 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 for SAS to become “a bit more agile” in the market situation and the competition that exists.
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