(Dagbladet): Norwegian pilots go on strike after negotiations broke down night. 70 pilots have gone on strike, and it is clear that the negotiations between airlines and unions have been harsh.
English will recoup pilots to keep traffic alive. Employee Organization Parat raged in the morning hours today and accused Norwegian for strikebreaking, and believe the practice their objectionable.
– This is clearly not strikebreaking, said CEO of Norwegian, Bjørn Kjos, at a press conference in the company’s headquarters at Fornebu today.
– Thinking of passengers
It is thus full klinsj between union and pilot association and Kjos.
Friday wrote Dagbladet that a dozen pilots are on the way from abroad – Spain and / or England – to Oslo and Copenhagen needed to be inserted for the striking pilots.
– We see that English will hire external pilots who organized strike wrestling, said the head of Norwegian’s pilot union Halvor Vatnar at a press conference this morning. .
– When one party does something that prevents a strike, it is condemnable. It makes our system does not work. I am unsure whether Norwegian recognize the consequences of what they do, said Parat leader Hans-Erik Skjæggerud.
Their vision is thus totally opposite of boss Kjos.
– Had we concretely replaced people and machines, it may well be called strikebreaking, but it is Group that has lots of pilots around the whole of Europe. We do not take over the specific machine and replaces the crew, says Kjos.
He points out that there are only pilots in Norwegian Air Norway who are out on strike, the Norwegian company is about an fifth of husbandry.
– I can say that it is not strikebreaking on the basis of clear advice I have received. It is Ryanair who hires material and personnel. There we use several subcontractors, says Kjos.
– We will not do anything illegal, and we expect that no one else does either, he says.
The trade unions Parat has announced that it will come sympathy actions if other pilots being hired, but Kjos will not comment on it.
– It feeds on with sympathy both from Norway and from abroad, and we are aware that in several quarters now considered sympathy actions to mark disgust against Norwegian approach, says Parat leader Skjæggerud.
Swedish pilots have already announced that they go out in sympathy strikes from Wednesday. Also the European Transport Federation (ETF) have announced that they will now consider actions, according Skjæggerud.
Regretted
Kjos regretted, however, that there was a strike, but it was nevertheless quite clear that the distance between the parties was large in the negotiations.
– We are the first to regret that we have not been able to reach agreement with the pilots, he said.
However, he emphasizes that the company will work to get passengers on the air, and that the company will keep its own program.
– We have a responsibility to safeguard the passengers. That’s what we do, he says.
English will try to implement the flight program as normal, and do not expect major delays on their flights.
– There are never any guarantees against delays. Stay tuned on our website and social media. Is it delays you also get sms, says CIO in English, Lasse Sandakerveien-Nielsen Dagbladet.
Here you can read our story on how you as a customer are affected by the strike and what you are entitled to.
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