Wednesday, June 8, 2016

300 SAS pilots can be on strike on Friday – Expressen

A general strike affecting 800 pilots can affect SAS within a few days of ongoing negotiations with unions in Sweden and Norway are stuck.

– Actually, we can not say much because the parties sitting in mediation. The notice comes into force if the parties do not agree. As we sit in mediation, we can not comment on any of the content, says Rebecca Rosenvinge, the press coordinator for the Swedish Pilots with a total of 450 members working for SAS.

Negotiations These include job security, service the form of regulations, working hours and wages.

Fredrik Henriksson, head of SAS Sweden, believe that an agreement will be reached by the parties shortly and looks for the moment no reason for travelers to worry about canceled flights.

– the tone in negotiations right now is positive and we are confident that we will be quiet in the port an agreement as soon as possible, he said.

an agreement must be completed by midnight between Wednesday and Thursday. Otherwise, take the trays out 435 Norwegian pilots on strike from Thursday morning and then up to 350 Swedish pilots at 18 o’clock on Friday. The work is then placed down on the SAS domestic travel and travel within Europe. For Sweden, it is mainly between distance flights from Arlanda, according to industry body check-in.

It is possible that even pilots in Denmark are on strike, but there are existing agreements and no negotiations going on.

Fredrik Henriksson says that SAS is set to reach a solution that is in line with the rest of the labor market.

– SAS incredibly skilled and experienced pilots and we are naturally attentive to their requirements. We try to find solutions so that SAS can cope with the sharp situation that is in the air market right now.

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