Seven days of the strike of the Scandinavian pilots has lasted, now, a new agreement after tough negotiations. The pilot strike, one of the hundreds of thousands of travelers were affected, is now completed.
“I can be relieved to inform you that we can leave this conflict behind us now,” said SAS CEO Rickard Gustafson in a press conference in the vicinity of Stockholm. You have signed a three year agreement. Details are not yet known. Before the strike the parties under the mediation of a conciliator, almost one and a half days, had negotiated behind closed doors in Oslo.
Almost 400,000 travelers were stranded
The pilot strike had ensured that a number of holidaymakers and business travellers were sitting at the airports of Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen and elsewhere in Scandinavia. Since the pilots had placed on the last Friday for their work, were more than down to 4000 flights, more than 380,000 passengers were affected, including several Connections to Germany.
SAS partners powered plane could be used for lifting. SAS self-cost of the pilot strike of a million amount. The Scandinavian pilot unions, representing 545 Norwegian, 492 Swedish and 372 Danish pilots have demanded 13 percent more pay and a better predictability of the working hours. The pilots want to be compensated for wage cuts and other concessions that were made in 2012, as it was went to the company financially.
SAS had argued that the demands of the pilot would result in substantial increases in costs for the airline. This would threaten the long-term competitiveness of the company and the jobs of all SAS employees.
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