SAS continues to work alone – VG

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After several hours of negotiations, the parties announce that they are packing for the day, before returning on Saturday.

– We need to sleep a little now, said Henrik Thyregod, the leader of the Danish pilot association, on his way out of Næringslivets hus.

Jan Levi Skogvang, leader of the SAS Norway pilots’ association, said he was surprised that SAS seems to be having a good time.

– SAS seems to have a good time. We’ve been around for a long time now, you seem to have a good time, we’re losing 130 million a day: it’s a lot of money. We thought maybe it was a little more urgent.

SAS: Does not use too long

Skogvang’s view that SAS has been using for a long time does not agree with SAS’s chief negotiator, Marianne Hernæs.

– Skogvang thinks it was strange that SAS dragged out the negotiations for so long today, do you have a comment on that?

– We have tried to create content that we want to present to the pilots and it takes the time it takes, Hernæs said. She came out of Næringslivets hus for a while after the pilots.

Even if the parties no longer sit at the same table and negotiate, it does not mean that the work stops.

– We will return and continue working tonight, Hernæs said.

First they will get some food, before they start working on text suggestions.

– Roger Klokset expressed that you should remember that you should remember to live up to the Scandinavian model. What do you think he makes of that comment? asked a Danish journalist.

– We believe that we follow the Scandinavian model, and that we have always done so.

According to Hernæs, they have had contact with the national brokers throughout the day, before they later met the pilot associations. She says that the dialogue with the pilots has been good.

– Especially now at the end when we started to go a little more into the details. The devil is in the details.

Neither Skogvang, Roger Klokset, the leader of the Norwegian SAS Pilots’ Association (NSF) or Hernæs would say anything if SAS has given a proposal to the pilots.

– We are here yet, otherwise I can not comment on the status of the mediation, Klokset said at 20.15.

– Works intensely

Earlier Friday, Klokset said that by 4 pm there had been no contact between the parties.

– We have not met SAS yet, so we are waiting and working internally, he said and added:

– I’m going out for an ice cream.

At 6 pm, Marianne Hernæs met the press waiting outside Næringslivets hus.

– We work very intensely to find solutions.

Hernæs explained the lack of contact between the parties as follows:

– It is because we have worked intensely on our side, to ensure that we have a future for SAS.

Hernæs said they will contact the pilots during the afternoon.

– If you do not agree, I actually do not know what happens.

Little progress

Riksmegler Mats Willhelm Ruland previously told E24 on his way out to lunch at 13.30 that there had not been much progress.

– We have not progressed much since today early.

Leader of the Danish pilot association Henrik Thyregod says an hour later that no new model has come to the table from SAS.

– We have been out and eaten a couple of hot dogs, he answers questions about what he has used the break for.

– It was the same situation yesterday, we wait and wait for many hours, but not much happens.

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Roger Klokset as leader of the Norwegian SAS Pilots’ Association (NSF) also met parts of the press on their way to lunch:

– We have not reached an agreement, but we have not reached the wall either, Klokset added NRK.

They have been waiting for an employer, who today has worked internally, Klokset states.

This morning

Henrik Thyregod was out early in front of Næringslivets hus, where the negotiations are taking place.

He would not comment on the negotiations themselves.

– Do you think the pilots are flexible?

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– I think we have been extremely flexible since November. We have added a 25 percent discount to SAS. It is “out of this world”, he says – that is, out of another world.

Significantly closer

The mediator Ruland did not want to comment on the development either, but said on Monday morning:

– The parties are significantly closer than they have ever been in mediation.

Klokset emphasized that the conflict could have been resolved in September and claims that SAS is making too great savings demands.

– Is this the day the pieces fall into place?

– I hope so?

– How long are you willing to sit?

– As long as necessary.

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Negotiation manager for SAS, Marianne Hernæs, stated that the distance is as it was yesterday.

– On some of the important points, the parties are far apart, she says.

– Is it slow because the decision-making power at SAS is slow?

– I do not want to say that. This is about one of the most important things we need, so it is clear we must ensure that what we do here does not ruin possible funding. New models have emerged that we must be able to make work.

– Does something have to happen now?

– Yes, I do not think we can sit too long. We must try to find each other. But that’s hard to say.

– Do you want to negotiate this weekend?

– We do not know. We are willing to sit for as long as needed, says Hernæs.

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Aircraft analyst: Hoping for an end to the strike today

SAS itself has estimated that they will lose NOK 100-130 million a day as a result of the strike.

Aviation analyst Hans Jørgen Elnæs told VG earlier Friday that it means a lot to SAS that they lose around so much every day.

– The trust in the company is also so negatively affected now that should this drag on for a longer period of time, it is not certain that that trust will return.

Until Thursday, the steak has cost the company up to 1.3 billion Swedish kroner, which is equivalent to around 1.27 billion Norwegian kroner.

– Soon 300,000 passengers will be affected, it is clear there are many costs and problems, and it is very very unfortunate for all parties that this strike will not come to an end. I hope it does today, says Elnæs.

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