The new mediation deadline in the SAS negotiations is 11 am on Saturday. This is what Karin Nyman, communications director at SAS Sweden, told news. – We do not have a result yet. We stop the clock, and go back and negotiate again, says the chief negotiator for Danish metal, Keld Bækkelund Hansen, as he comes out just after midnight. Danish metal organizes the Danish SAS pilots. They hope it will lead to a result. He will not comment further on what the negotiations are about. The goal is for the planes to go as planned tomorrow. When asked how long the journalists have to wait for an answer, Hansen answers: – I do not know. It’s a lovely warm summer evening. It’s almost nicer here than inside with us, so see you. – Constructive dialogue The parties should actually have agreed by 29 June, but had the deadline postponed by two days. On Friday, the parties started a direct dialogue, without a mediator present. This is most often regarded as progress in the negotiations. Three hours before the deadline, national mediator Mats Ruland said that the parties will continue the talks until midnight. – We have no clarification at the moment, but we are working hectically to try to find a solution, but it has not been solved yet, Ruland said at 9 pm on Friday night. The negotiations between the parties in the SAS settlement take place in Näringslivets hus in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo: Ksenia Novikova / news He says that the parties have come closer to each other and that the dialogue is constructive, but that it is also difficult. – There is a totality that must be in place and it is not in place yet, but we are working quite hard now to try to find a solution, Ruland said. Will hit thousands daily A major strike among SAS pilots will hit around 250 departures and 45,000 passengers daily, according to the news agency TT. There were long queues at Oslo Airport on Friday. Strikes are among many factors that have caused trouble for travelers across Europe. A possible strike from SAS could affect 45,000 passengers daily. Photo: Kari Stokke Nilsen / news Analysts have estimated that a strike will cost SAS NOK 80-100 million. Weekday. – This is a difficult situation to be in, says Alexander Wasland to news. He says that the pilots want a good collaboration with SAS. SAS’s communications director, Karin Nyman, does not want to speculate on how long a strike SAS will be able to handle, but says that summer is the most important period for the company. This is the conflict SAS and their pilots do not disagree on pay. The core of the conflict is the creation of two staffing companies. When the pandemic hit, around 560 pilots lost their jobs. At the same time, SAS established two subsidiaries. They were named SAS Link and SAS Connect. These will take over aircraft and be filled with new pilots. The SAS pilots who were laid off during the pandemic will have their jobs back. They say SAS is trying to circumvent its obligations to bring the dismissed pilots back. SAS rejects this. They believe the company relates to all agreements entered into. According to the pilot association, the pilots have agreed to savings measures that amount to 25 percent savings. In return, they will have an assurance that it is their members who get the new jobs that will be filled in SAS Link and SAS Connect. – We entered into mediation with a major disagreement based on the fact that the SAS management has circumvented our collective agreements. This through new employees in staffing companies while 450 dismissed pilots are on the street, at the same time as they want huge concessions on our already competitive agreements, says Roger Klokset.
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