Economy. Thousands of travelers are affected by flight cancellations due to SAS pilots’ strike. Only in the morning affected 19,000 travelers.
the negotiations lasted until the very end. But finally announced the Swedish Pilots’ Association that they tripped his notice.
On Friday hit around 4000 photos of the strike – and on Saturday, SAS expects that the number will be at 19,000.
the strike comes to 400 SAS pilots who have their base at the airport. SAS has canceled the flights covered by the strike.
The family Matsson would have traveled to Umeå are some of the travelers at Arlanda airport affected by the strike. They were like the information from SAS has been poor.
– It feels a little dicey right now. We are traveling with two children and we have no gruel until our youngest boy. We still do not know when or how to get home, says Magdalena Matsson, 36th
“Sorry”
Swedavia during the day put in extra staff at the ten airports they operate in the country, to help travelers.
“SPF deeply regret that passengers are affected,” said Peter Larsson, Chairman of SAS-section of the SPF.
Fredrik Henriksson, head of SAS in Sweden, says that they were “sensitive to the pilots ‘requirements’:
– SAS has submitted an agreement which is well in line with the agreements we agreed on in Norway. They declined and where we stand now, he says.
The traveler Shani Persson, 30, was disappointed that she did not come home to his family.
– There feels sad not being able to hang out tonight, but all have the right to strike, even though it is annoying for us travelers, she says
Concerned EM travelers
Charlotte Furman from Stockholm have also suffered a flight canceled because of the strike. She now miss his niece’s graduation celebration in Skellefteå.
– It is really sad. Me and my sister had fixed a nice gift for her. While I understand that the pilots go on strike, she said.
Many troubled EM travelers have contacted the travel company Ticketmaster.
– We have pulled out the listings on all the customers going to France the next few days so that we can contact and assist them if there is a strike, says Karin Starkman Ahlstedt PR and communications manager of Ticket Leisure Travel.
Dispute over pay demands
Pilot Association requires, among other more secure forms of employment and higher wages.
“it is not acceptable that the Swedish SAS pilots working under different conditions with two different pay scales,” it says in a press release.
the employers believe that wage demands are unreasonable.
– We’re talking about demands that far exceed what any other labor have accepted and received, says Swedish aviation industry CEO Mattias Dahl .
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