Pilot negotiations at SAS have broken down throughout Scandinavia, according to the trade union SAS Pilot Group, which has announced a strike from April 26.
SAS Pilot Group, which consists of SAS pilots in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, has previously broken off negotiations in Norway and Sweden. Yesterday, Monday, negotiations were also broken off in Denmark and SPG has given notice of conflict from Friday, April 26 in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
”"Broken negotiations mean that mediation can/shall take place in accordance with national legislation. If mediation, contrary to expectations, is not successful, the conflict that has now been announced will not break out until after Easter," the organization writes.
The background to the conflict, according to SPG, is that SAS unilaterally terminated existing agreements relating to cooperation, production, career paths and seniority principles (principle of preference in appointment based on more years of service).
”"It is incomprehensible to SPG why these agreements would be incompatible with a successful SAS. The company has done well with these agreements for a long time," SPG writes.
There is also a conflict over working hours, where SPG demands greater predictability.
”"The majority of pilots in SAS have no control over when and how long they will work. The only thing pilots often know about their working hours during a month is that they only have one weekend off," says Wilhelm Tersmeden, chairman of the Swedish Pilots Association.
According to SPG, SAS has also chosen to go to the media during the negotiations with information about high salary demands.
”"When salaries and working hours are now worse than in other serious airlines that we can compare ourselves to, SAS refuses to discuss the issue of market wages for pilots," Tersmeden continues.
The SAS Pilot Group consists of the Danish Pilot Association, the Norwegian SAS Pilots Association, the Scandinavian Norwegian Pilots Association and the Swedish Pilots Association. Together they organize 95 percent of all SAS pilots in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
Source: di.se
