GARDERMOEN (Dagbladet): At 11.30, half an hour over the mediation deadline most people have complied with, but no one knows what happens to the SAS planes.
SAS itself has said that the mediation deadline has been postponed to 12 noon on Monday morning.
Carel Skogsad and the children Olav and Maike deliver the luggage to the SAS plane they hope to arrive at 12.20 to Leknes in Lofoten.
Lofoten or Frognerbadet
– We are going on a five-day mountain trip, we are looking forward to it and really hope the plane goes, Skogstad says to Dagbladet.
– Do you have a plan B?
– No, then it will probably be to go home again to Oslo, says father.
Mother and the youngest of the family, who accompany the others to the airport, add with a smile:
– Then there will probably be some trips in Frognerbadet.
STRIKE: The mediation around a possible pilot strike is in full swing until the deadline at 11 on Saturday. Tourism journalist Odd Roar Lange explains the consequences of a possible strike for you as a traveler in the time ahead. Video: Dagbladet TV sea view
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New postponement
The negotiations have been postponed until Monday at 12. This is confirmed by SAS’s chief negotiator, Marianne Hærnes, on Saturday morning.
– It is really the same message as last time. We postpone until Monday at 12. Now we have to sleep, says Hærnes outside Närlingslivets hus in Stockholm.
Then she came with a clear message to all passengers who are now waiting for some uncertain days:
– SAS regrets this situation we are in, but we are trying everything we can to save this summer holiday.
STRIKE: As the mediation deadline for SAS pilots approaches, aviation analyst Hans Jørgen Elnæs explains what a possible strike will mean for travelers. Video: Dagbladet TV sea view
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This is the controversy
The background to the conflict is that the pilots accuse SAS of “going to war” against them by establishing two staffing companies. When the pandemic hit, around 560 pilots lost their jobs. At the same time, the subsidiaries SAS Link and SAS Connect were established. These will take over aircraft and be filled with new pilots, writes NTB.
The SAS pilots say the company is trying to circumvent its obligations to bring the dismissed pilots back.
OUTCOME: Aviation analyst Hans Jørgen Elnæs is clear on what he believes the outcome of the SAS mediations will result in. Video: Dagbladet TV sea view
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– Already the month after the air traffic was stopped due to the pandemic, they fired 40 percent of the pilots. They could have chosen to lay off at zero cost, instead they chose to pay wages for a six-month notice period. It was expensive for them, Roger Klokset, leader of the union Norwegian SAS pilots’ association, told Børsen.
