Large Fraction of the pilots’ strike demands – Västerbotten Courier

Economy. The parties in the ongoing pilot strike at SAS are now firmly at loggerheads at each of the requirements of the stalled negotiations looks.

in a press release writing compartment Swedish pilots’ Association (SPF) SAS Swedish pilots since 2009 have reduced their salaries by about 20 percent in relation to the wage mark and productivity at the same time has increased by 20 percent.

SPF stated that SAS Swedish pilots have made great sacrifices to save the company from bankruptcy in 2012.

“Bad image”

in an article in Expressen now writes Mattias Dahl, president of the Confederation of Swedish aviation industry (NIV), the pilot union trying to give a false picture.

“for the avoidance of doubt, we choose now to put all the cards on the table “writes Dahl and then goes point by point through the claims made by the pilot union which he believes are incorrect.

Among other things, he claims that SAS pilots have had an annual income of between two and three percent in the last ten years, but that productivity has only increased by 1.4 percent from 2010 to 2015. Mattias Dahl also allows pilots have made great sacrifices, but points out that it applies even more so to other groups of staff within SAS.

The final salary: 96,000

In several statements, the pilot union dismissed employer information about union demands means cost increases equivalent to ten percent. According to the SPF, it is just as large a rise as the pilots who have worked shortest time will get, if you go union demands on the combined salary scales to meet. Overall union demands would provide cost increases of 6.5 percent, according to Mattias Dahl.

Pilot Unions and airlines have for many years been reticent about what pilots actually earn. But now reports the Swedish airline industry that the average salary is around 78,000 per month, with no extension. Final salary of a captain is between 92 000 and 96 000 per month.

According to Dahl works pilots Moreover, most 185 days per year. This year, working most of the “regular jobs” 253 days.

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