On Nov. 25, 150 unionized flight technicians began “going slow,” meaning they work 15 percent slower than normal. The background was that no agreement was reached in the local negotiations between Widerøe Technical Services (WTS) and the Norwegian Aviation Engineer Organization (NFO). In an email to news on Monday, Widerøe confirms that the go slow action is over. According to what news learns, the parties reached an agreement on Friday. On Monday afternoon, the members of NFO will decide whether to accept the offer. Will take time Monday was the first normal working day for the aircraft technicians. The campaign has resulted in a number of cancellations and delays. – Where we would normally have spare aircraft to deploy, we are now left with no alternatives and will have to cancel, said communications advisor Lina Carlsen in Widerøe to news. In addition to the flight technicians working more slowly than usual, the weather has also been challenging. Overall, this has resulted in an abnormally high number of cancellations. – Widerøe is not satisfied with the operational quality that we currently deliver. The poor regularity is due to a number of unfortunate circumstances which, in sum, create major problems for the operation, said communications manager Catharina Solli. Widerøe has had an abnormally high number of challenges in recent times. Photo: Sigurd Steinum Although the weather will continue to be challenging in the days ahead, especially in northern Norway, it now seems that Widerøe will get the aircraft technicians back in place. However, they point out that it will take some time before normal operations are back in place, but that they are working as quickly as they can to get back into balance. Published 09.12.2024, at 13.39 Updated 09.12.2024, at 13.58
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