(Dagbladet): Norwegian pilots go on strike after negotiations broke down night.
The strike was set to approach in already from today and at 09.00 today held early held fagoforeningen Parat a press conference about the strike.
– We did not get a collective agreement negotiations. and we can not find ourselves in, says Halvor Vatnar, leader of Norwegian pilot unions, after negotiations broke down.
– This is very regrettable, but it had to be that way. Today there are 70 pilots strike. From Wednesday, all 650 Norwegian pilots go on strike, because we have not come to a collective agreement. Specifically how many days it will last is hard to say, but it will take the time it takes, says Hans-Erik Skjæggerud leader in Parat.
– English did not give any in the negotiations, said Vatnar pilot union.
– Reprehensible
Friday wrote Dagbladet that a dozen pilots are heading from abroad – Spain and / or England – to Oslo and Copenhagen if necessary to be inserted for Norwegian pilots that may be taken out on strike from Saturday morning. – We see that English will hire external pilots who organized strikes wrestling, says Vatnar.
– When the 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, says Skjæggerud.
– Will get passengers up
– We are confident legal reason. The main thing for us is that passengers should get to where they should, whether they are going on vacation or home. When the subsidiary where pilots are employed, can not deliver the service airlines need, we must obtain the services provided by other companies in the English-familenfeier. This concerns today about 35 pilots too small to carry the current flyprogram. When we insert captains who works in the administration that our passengers will be looking forward, says Lasse Sandakerveien-Nielsen, Chief Norwegian Dagbladet.
– Parat believe you undermine the strike as a means of filling in with foreign pilots. What do you say to that?
– We note that they are concerned about foreign pilots, but the point here is that we collect services from its own airlines company to conduct weekend flights, he says .
– How hard will strike go beyond the passengers?
– The goal is that we will carry out the flight program virtually normal. We will manage to cover up for the program today, but there are never any guarantees against delays. Stay tuned on our website and social media, says Sandakerveien-Nielsen.
Disappointed
The unions and shop stewards were clearly disappointed with what they got to the negotiations with airlines.
– It amazes me that we still have to negotiate tariff in a Norwegian company, a deal we agreed for over a hundred years ago in Norway, said pilots representative Halvor Vatnar.
– I take it for granted that English follow Norwegian laws and regulations. Had there been talk of cutbacks, we could understand it, but this is a time of expansion for us, so this I do not understand, he said.
Federation and the English-union criticized English their business model, partly because they draw foreign pilots.
Head of the pilots in English, Halvor Vatnar, saying they were willing to discuss insurance, pensions and working hours.
– We have added loss of license-insurance in the pot, we have added performance board, we’ve been willing to adapt working hours and more flexible arrangements without any solution, says Vatnar, according to NTB.
Dagbladet presented Friday an overview of how you as a customer are affected by the strike and what you are entitled to:
You will receive information from the airline. If you have not received information that the plane is actually set, you must meet up at the airport.
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