The source told the newspaper Monday that the company by a bankruptcy may get rid of the nearly 700 pilots in NAN, which is now on strike.
– 500 of these will be offered a new contract in staffing company OSM Aviation, the other will have to find something new to do, says the source Finansavisen.
Board Meeting
source says that NAN can become bankrupt already Wednesday or Thursday this week. Competent also states that during negotiations Friday company transported both aircraft and pilots to Norway, and says that “everyone at Gardermoen» know what will happen with the pilots in NAN.
Dagbladet wrote Sunday night that Norwegian pilots in a message from English Pilot Union (NPU) is warned that NAN adopted “closed / bankrupt” on a hurtiginnkalt board meeting in NAS – the main company Norwegian Air Shuttle – already Monday.
Furthermore, caution is that airlines will tempt with new contracts in staffing company OSM, which leases pilots to airlines. In the message being Norwegian pilots who now rely on losing employer, sharply warned against signing new contracts.
Crown Princess brother
It is Crown Princess Mette Marit brother Espen Høiby who is chief of staffing company OSM. The former chief pilot at SAS will neither confirm nor deny the allegation from Finansavisen source.
OSM Aviation was established in 2014 and is called a spin-off from OSM Maritime which has long offered staffing services for shipping companies. They rent both pilots and cabin crew and got before Christmas an agreement with Finnair. The once said Høiby Dagens Næringsliv following:
– International aviation will go the same way as shipping. We’re talking about a paradigm shift.
OSM Aviation has already collaborated with Norwegian in Spain and United States.
– Severe situation
Vice Anne- Sissel Skånvik in English told Dagbladet that she has heard the message from NPU, and says it only makes sense that the Board has not been keen to discuss the very serious situation that the company is in.
Skånvik says everyone has begun to understand that the company is in a very serious situation and that Parat has initiated a strike that would have serious consequences, not only for management but for all employees in the company.
– This is not a good measures to secure jobs in a competitive industry, it must carry on, she says.
– Risky
Parat leader Hans-Erik Skjæggerud says to NTB that it would be very risky if Norwegian leadership undermines bargaining and employment protection by attempting to lay down the company pilots are employed through a form of bankruptcy.
– Firstly, this is a very risky way to go to any company that lives by trust, and secondly, our answer to this could be that the real employer is the listed company Ryanair says Skjæggerud.
In the event of bankruptcy will all employees assert their accrued rights of the parent. According bankruptcy rules have all of the members preferential job in any new company that will operate out underlines Parat leader.
Skjæggerud says a they are also prepared that easyJet moves Scandinavian operations out of Norwegian Air Norway and over in other parts of the Group. But by an undertaking will all members follow the Scandinavian business matter which company to continue operating, he said. (© NTB)
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