the Relationship between the SAS-pilots and the company is fragile since a long time and bubbling up periodically. By the summer of 2016 broke a fyradagarsstrejk out, which cost the company many millions. Now is the battle going again.
It dates back to 2012, when the SAS was hugely pressured and narrowly escaped bankruptcy. The rescue was the employees and the unions that sacrificed himself for the company’s sake.
”We had the cash for ten days”, the then vice chairman of the board Jacob Wallenberg told in retrospect.
and we needed To save and cut down, quickly. When given the unions a proposal on his table that contained the sharp cutbacks in staff terms and conditions.
in Order to save the company from crisis, wrote the unions to end on a churlish collective agreements, which among other things opened for wage cuts. Something that is extremely rare in Sweden.
When the airline now improved and is on the feet had the pilots who sacrificed themselves probably hoped that their pay packet would have done the same. But they believe themselves to have fallen behind too much compared to others and now places high demands on repentance.
the Pilots have said they want their salaries to be level with the rest of the industry. A reasonable claim can seem, but it depends on what you are starting from.
the transport operators, the organization representing SAS in the negotiations, believe that the pilots would involve a salary increase in the order of 13 per cent. It can be compared with the rest of the Swedish labour market on the 2.3 per cent.
the Pilots and the employer have, of course, differing opinions on the matter.
the Carriers argue that SAS paid their pilots on average 93.000 dollars a month in 2018. The pilots believe that it is not possible to calculate an average salary, but points out that there is a linear progression between the starting salary of 34.000 sek and topplönerna located at 97.000 sek.
Therefore, it is difficult to say how a pity it really is about the pilots.
No. The pilots have three points in the lifts and that they must be satisfied with the to write on anything.
the Salary is a, but this is also about more predictable working hours and the airline’s use of subcontractors. The unions want to limit the ability to hire away flights to contractors at the same time as the SAS says that it would hamper the development of the company.
Probably not. It is already difficult to operate the airline. It shows not least the many recent bankruptcies and weak results in the industry.
Then it is not possible to raise wages by 13% of 1.600 pilots over night. It would require cuts elsewhere, and the SAS is probably not particularly interested in.
with regard to the use of subcontractors, it is both cheaper than their own pilots and it gives the company a much-needed opportunity for flexibility in a stressful industry.
at the same time, the employer can’t be tough whatsoever to their employees. There is pilotbrist in the world and there are plenty of jobs available in other places for a pilot with the right qualifications.
The know SAS is likely on and it gives pilotsidan a pretty powerful leverage in the negotiations.
the Parties are very far apart, they say. At the same time, both sides should have an interest to finish this as soon as possible.
the Pilots grusar many skandinavers travel plans and has not direct the people on their side. They should have interest in to not make too much mess.
the SAS are losing many millions each day and even more when the claims from angry travelers are starting to come. In addition, then the airline has its major owner, the Swedish and the Danish state, to keep in a good mood.
